Bantams

 

   Araucanas (Bantam)   Araucana Bantam

     The “Easter Egg Chicken”, This unusual breed gets its name from the Indian tribe of Chile where they were first discovered. Araucanas lay beautiful colored eggs of blue-green shades from turquoise to deep olive. These natural Easter Eggs will amaze your friends and make a great “show and tell” project for school. Araucanas are of medium size with pea combs and our breeding stock is selected for their ability to produce colored eggs. They exhibit a wonderful combination of colors and color patterns and 10 or 20 of these birds make an absolutely beautiful laying flock that is extremely hardy and will be the talk of the town.. This is a unique breed and great fun to have when the colored eggs start coming. Our Araucanas are recommended for egg laying color and ability and not for exhibition.
      Baby chicks come in all colors, plain and fancy, just like the adults
Mature body weight:  5.5 lbs.

 

Cochins Bantams: Barred, Black, Buff, Mottled, Red Frizzle, & White

 Barred_Cochin_Bantam_Hen   Barred:  has defined barred, parallel bars of alternate bark and light colors throughout the length of each feather.
 Black Cochin Bantam   Black:   These coal black plumage with a greenish sheen really set these birds apart from the others.  A bright red comb and wattle make a beautiful contrast with the black feathers.
 Buff Cochin Bantam  Buff:  a very popular variety that has a very soft golden buff color. One of the oldest and most established varieties of cochins.
 OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA   Mottled:  a lustrous greenish black base color with many of the feathers tipped in white.  A color contrast that really makes it stand out in a flock. 
Red Frizzle Bantam Cochin  Red Frizzle Cochins: these are a truly a very unique bird with feathers that curve outward and forward giving it the appearance of having walked through a wind storm backwards.
White Frizzle Cochin Bantam  White:  Both the male and female are a pure, soft white with bright red combs and wattles.

 

   Japs:  Black-tailed White, Black, Buff, White

     The history of these can be traced back to Japanese paintings over 300 years ago.   These tiny bantams carry their tails upward and higher than the head.  The wings angle down and back along the sides.  They are good layers and nice for show and very popular.  Because of the genetic characteristic in Japanese bantams, there is no such thing as a pure short legged Japanese.
Blacktailed white Jap Bantam  Black-tailed White
Black Jap Bantam Rooster    Black
black-tailed-buff-japanese-bc    Black-tailed Buff
 White Jap Bantam Rooster White

 

Millie Fleur    Millie Fluer Chicken

This is one of the most interesting of bantams.  They have many unusual characteristics and their reddish bay feathers that are dipped in white really make these hens stand out.  The colors get better with age and they are very nice, well-liked birds.

 

  Polish Bantam: Buff Laced, Golden,  Silver, & White Crested Black

Buff laced Polish Bantams  Buff Laced Polish:    These rare birds are a rich golden buff, each feather neatly laced with creamy white, and with slate blue shanks and toes.  The flowing crests and sprighly carriage make them one of the most prized varieties anyone interested in beauty and unusual poultry can own.  They are easy to handle, layers of white eggs, and non-sitters.
     Baby chicks are a creamy buff color with a darker tan mark over each eye.
 
Golden Polish  Golden Polish:  These were brought to their wonderful point of development by European and English breeders as long ago as the mid 1800’s. Very showy and also useful layers of white eggs. 
     Baby chicks are a dark brown.
 
 Silver laced Polish   Silver Laced Polish:  This is another outstanding exhibition variety and a member of the ancient breed of Polish Fowls.  They are striking in appearance with silvery white plumage and feathers are laced with lustrous black.  Hens lay white eggs and are non-setters.
 
 White Crested Black Polish   White Crested Black Polish: The solid black body with a bright white “top hat” make these little bantams a favorite. They are non bearded and quite small.
 

Sebrights (Gold & Silver)

Golden Sebrights     Silver laced Sebright

     The sebrights which originated in the early 1800’s, have the unique distinction of being the only chicken that is “hen feathered”.  This means that the male, unlike other chickens, has no pointed sex feathers in the hackle, saddle, or tail. The sebrights are very small.  The Goldens are golden bay and Silvers are silver-white with both varieties having each feather laced in black.
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Silkies  (Buff, Black, Blue, Red, and White)

     Both China and Japan claim the origin of these unique bantams and historians have traced them back to Marco Polo.  Their black skin and feathers that feel like hair make them one of the most unusual varieties of chickens.  Because silkies have only five toes, they are unable to roost like other chickens making them venerable  to predators.
 Buff Silkie  Buff
 Black Silkie   Black
Blue Silkie  Blue
 Red Silkie Red
White Silkie    White

Sultans  White Sultan

     Originally known as “Serai-Toook” or in English “Fowl of the Sultan” this bird originated in the US but was bred from its standard size counterpart that called Turkey home.  If features beard and muffs, vulture hocks, feathered legs and toes and 5 toes.