Strange pets
By ljcapps
@ljcapps (1925)
United States
February 1, 2007 3:39am CST
HAve you ever heard of a "Bantam Rooster"? I never had until I had to go pick up a few of these barnyard pets. They are aparently quite tame, or at least these ones are, and get no bigger than the one you see in the picture(about 10 inches tall).
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@kakemafarm (492)
• United States
17 Mar 07
I love Bantam chickens, no matter what breed. I currently own two Olde English Game Bantams, one hen and one rooster. The rooster has only one eye but has such a great personality! They are very sweet, any chicken will be if you handle them a lot. Highly recommended for anybody that doensn't want a full size chicken, check them out, they come in lots of different breeds and colors. You can get miniature ducks as well, they are called Call Ducks, very sweet looking!
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@ljcapps (1925)
• United States
17 Mar 07
I can't say as I have ever heard of a "Call Duck". Although I can't say that it suprises me.... I am a city boy. I had never heard of Bantams either. My mother in law has two "Blue Dutch" one hen and one rooster, I have no idea what breed spike is(he is the one in the picture) and she has two white bantams, one rooster and one hen. I was quite suprised about their personalities. You wouldn't happen to know if there is any way to purchase these "Call Ducks" would you? I think she would adore them.
@kakemafarm (492)
• United States
17 Mar 07
I don't own any myself but I know there are some local people here who sell them. I would recommend searching some of the hatcheries like Murray McMurray or Ideal Poulty on the internet. Or you can put in Call Duck in your search engine and it will pull up some hatcheries that will ship to you. Unfortunately, hatcheries have to sell in bigger quantities to ensure safe delivery of your birds, usually 15-25 birds at a time. Here in Marion County, Florida we have a free local online classified paper called Ocala4Sale.com and we can buy or sell to other local people in smaller quantities. Good luck finding them, they are really sweet!
@kakemafarm (492)
• United States
17 Mar 07
It looks like Spike is an Olde English Game Bantam, he looks very similar to my rooster. My hen is solid black with a gold feathers around her neck. I forgot to mention, too, that Bantam chickens are kind of like Chihuahuas, they have a small body but can have a BIG attitude. I guess they feel like they have to make up for thier lack of size.
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@maildumpster (3815)
• United States
18 Mar 07
Aww they are cute. Are you enjoying having them? Are they noisy birds?
How many did you get? What are you planning on doing with them?
OH gosh you left me with questions instead of answers. Oh but wait you asked if I ever heard of these ... no can't say that I have!
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@ljcapps (1925)
• United States
19 Mar 07
As far as your questions I have no problem answering them. Am I enjoying them? Well we got the birds for my mother in law and she seems to be enjoying them. It seems that each bird has its own personality... although the smallest one of her brood is in charge(funny how that happens).What is she planning to do with them? Anything but eat them! And Yes they are a little noisy, or they were while we had them before she came to get them. It may have been the whole new environment thing that got them stirred up, I don't know. I have also been told that there are numerous breeds out there.
@whatie (14)
• United States
15 Mar 07
The word "Bantam" means "small". A bantam rooster is just a small rooster.
Bantams are pretty popular, especially among people with smaller lots.
Like regular-sized chickens, bantams come in many breeds. Some chicken breeds have both bantam and regular-sized varieties, while others have only bantams or only regular-sizers.
It's kind of like poodles - there are several sizes of poodles, and each size category represents a different variety, but they're all still poodles.
Anyway, because bantams have traditionally been used as PET chickens, most bantam breeds have been bred for a calmer, tamer disposition - the breeders select for those friendly traits. But, of course, that's a generalization. That's true of MOST, but NOT ALL, bantam chicken breeds...
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