Bantam Chickens Breeds, Egg Laying, Size and Care Guide

Today we are going to be going over bantam chicken breeds!

Bantam breeds are great for people who do not have much space and great to start out with being a chicken owner!

Bantam breeds are chickens that are smaller versions of a breed. Most breeds have a standard and bantam size.

1:15 What Is A Bantam Chicken?
1:45 Types Of Bantam Chickens
2:50 How To Care For Bantams
4:31 Special Care For Bantams
5:47 Bantam Egg Production, Broodiness, And Disposition

[katierobbins]

I have a bantam Cochin, and she is a winter layer. When all my standards have stopped, that little girl just keeps on laying threw almost the entire winter 🥰

[mindymaria]

We added two almost full grown bantums to our pullets after a few months. So my girls were established, but also not fully grown. Some of my girls did try to fight the bantams however, one of the bantams established very quickly that she wouldn’t be messed with. We named her “Evil”Lynn. She is a fierce little thing, and now defends the yard of squirrels and chipmunks lol. The other bantam is super sweet, still gets picked on a bit but I always give her extra love. We named her Princess Fifi

[navlyt]

I have a breeding pair of Nankin Bantams ❤ and i know you say that they can't sit on as many eggs as a normal sized hen but my little Goldilocks has 13 eggs and to my surprise all are fertile. 😅 She's been doing a wonderful job as momma and keeping them all turned and warm. Plus my male applie named Screech is an amazing papa just guarding her and making sure she's not bothered.

[JacquelineJaroffaith]

Love my Bantam Chickens. I have Cochin, Easter Egger, 2 mix with medium chickens.

[leenmarie]

Just bought 2 bantams last night ... 1 roo 1 hen
We have 8 henss ...4 sexlinks(Rhode Island red hybred) 2 blue copper marran and 2 black copper marans ....now I feel better hearing they do adapt well
I have them secluded from the rest of the flock for now but in the same coop ❤️🤗

[rebekahtaylor]

I'm getting a mumma frizzle bantam with 3 babies this weekend I'm so excited, her babies have normal feathers 😊 can't wait to see how they go

[joey.renaud]

I have 5 baby cochins, one is a rooster. I've named them all after characters from the criminal minds series. Jj, my boy, just crowed for the first time yesterday. I know that they have their own vocabulary, but I can't really tell the difference of what they're saying as they're so young. Normally it's all tweet tweet, but in the evening, it's usually lower toned coos. Then they all fly on me and perch on my shoulders before the sunsets. 🤣

[snoodlegirl]

Our little bird died from egg 🥚 stuck in night we cried like babies because she was smart full of energy sweet loving 🥰

[maryadoretti]

I would love a copy of that book. I am a chicken lover.😅

[rachelharris]

What breed has the friendliest roosters ??

[ginisheffield]

I’ve had a hard time finding food they like.
Do you feed mash, pellets or grain?

[ericgarcia]

What about bearded vs non-bearded hens?!

[randallcrawford]

Hi I have a Moma colored New Hampshire like bantam is a very good mother and a white/black tailed Japanese mix with a feather footed but not Shure that breed rooster. He'll do a little dance for Moma hen when he's interested in having more chicks! lol
Momma hen hatched three little hens from her and popa rooster, two like the mother and one with feather footed white and black the other two are one white with a black tailed and light brown with a black tail and no feathers on their feet...the Moma is a good egg layer and I've gotten almost a egg a day ..though she does get broody and I got her to hatch with her eggs, eggs from two Golden wyandotte's and a Rhode island red the popa is a good rooster and helps raise the chick's he will find food and calls them when he does...now they have grown bigger than momma hen but she will put them in their place quickly but the other three little batam's are older now that moma hen let's the others be put in their pecking order by the bigger ones but when they where still tiny wouldn't let them bully the smaller ones because they could of killed them..and poppa rooster too did the same...so they have excellent parent traits I haven't seen in other breeds both parents taking care of the chicks...and is the foundation of my flock as I have only 6 hens and one rooster....and let them free range... hopefully when I get to hatch some wyandotte and Japanese mix will have a little bigger hen's and select only rooster that are good parents like their dad.. have you ever heard of a rooster that was a good parent and helped raise the chick's? This little rooster even helped sit on the eggs? Never saw a rooster do that before..
Thanks for your video's I appreciate and like watching them!

[lnfluc]

Hey I have a question, one of my batoms died a couple days after I bought it from TS (Tractor Supply) I had a heat plate food, water how did it die?

[rochelhernandez]

I have a bantam she like being talked to and held

[patrickhiggins]

Bantam hens are my favorite farm Bird. it time politicans world wide looked after poultry farmers. they work very hard.poultry farmers provide egg food for people, and hen meat, so we must feed farm birds more naturel. and all farm birds should be free rance. @ in door birds should be banned and have out door farm birds instead. healter bird healtly for people as well.

[tomgallier]

Is there a spray I can use to keep those foot feather mites away

[ici_coop]

D’uccle is actually pronounced Doo-Clay not duckle 😂

[Tootnscoot]

You think bantam chickens are cool check out call ducks. Thry are like bantam ducks..tiny cute things that are loud as hell and make awesome pets

[mjremy]

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