DUTCH BANTAM BREEDERS

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DUTCH BANTAM

Country of Origin: The Netherlands

Category: True Bantam

Egg Colour: Tinted (Sitters)

BREEDERS	COLOURS	AREA	CONTACT DETAILS
Jaco de Wet	128,136,232, 476,702,744, 812, 820	Tzaneen	admin@poultryclubsa.co.za

HISTORY

The Dutch Bantam or Hollandse Kriel originated in Holland round about 1882 and is recognised in the Netherlands Book of Standards since 1906. It first appeared in the UK about 1970 where it is initially called the Old Dutch Bantam. In South Africa it was shown for the first time in Polokwane in 1996. It is possibly one of the smallest bantams around and looks in some way like the Rosecomb Bantam, although it has a distinct type of its own. It is found in several colours, and is really a beautiful little bird.

BREEDING

Dutch Bantams are one of the smallest breeds of bantam, and are one of the true bantams. Males should weigh no more than 550 grams, and females 450 grams. Due to their light weight and relatively large wings, Dutch Bantams fly rather well. The original type of plumage for Dutch Bantams was a partridge pattern. Today, there are dozens of colours. All varieties should have a comb with 5 points, white earlobes, slate blue legs, apart from certain varieties and white skin.

The breed is friendly in temperament, but somewhat flighty. Their small size and comb type makes them not especially cold hardy. Dutch Bantam hens make good mothers and will easily go broody. Uniquely for bantams, and especially ones popular in showing, Dutch Bantams lay well; they can produce 160 cream or white eggs in a year, though the size of the egg is much smaller than commercial layers. Due to their friendly character and egg laying ability, the breed is well suited to hobbyists and backyard keepers needing a bantam sized bird.

COLOUR CODE	COLOUR DESCRIPTION
476 232 744 256 868 264 684 682 702 628 380 376 128 820 168 520 812 568 312 358 300 456 176 124 184 792 288 136 382 522 530 648 756	GOLDEN PARTRIDGE BLUE PARTRIDGE SILVER PARTRIDGE BLUE SILVER PARTRIDGE YELLOW PARTRIDGE BLUE YELLOW PARTRIDGE RED SHOULDER SILVER PARTRIDGE RED SHOULDER BLUE SILVER PARTRIDGE SALMON PILE CUCKOO PARTRIDGE CUCKOO BLACK WHITE BLUE LAVENDER WHEATEN MILLEFLEUR (PORCELAIN) BUFF COLUMBIAN COLUMBIAN/LIGHT/ERMINE BUFF BLUE COLUMBIAN GOLDEN BIRCHEN BLUE GOLDEN BIRCHEN BIRCHEN BLUE SILVER BIRCHEN SPLASH (BLUE) BUFF BLUE TAIL BUFF CUCKOO SILVER PARTRIDGE LAVENDER CUCKOO LAVENDER QUAIL QUAIL SILVER QUAIL