Booted chicken
The Booted Bantam is a European true bantam with heavily feathered feet and long stiff 'vulture hock' feathers.
The Booted is a pure-bred chicken breed in the PCGB True Bantam class. Its origin is given as Germany / Netherlands / UK.
It is kept in bantam form. Recognised colours: Black, White, Blue, Lavender, Cuckoo, Black Mottled, Buff Mottled, Gold, Silver, Lemon Millefleur, Porcelain, Many more colours are found on the continent. Typical adult weights: cock about 850 g and hen about 750 g.
Expect roughly 150–180 eggs a year, with white/cream shells. It is mainly kept for exhibition or as an ornamental bird.
Compiled from poultryclub.org, poultrykeeper.com, en.wikipedia.org. See sources
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Identity
- Species
- Chicken
- Type
- Pure breed
- PCGB class
- True Bantam
- Origin
- Germany / Netherlands / UK
- Kept for
- Exhibition or ornamental
History
Feather-footed bantams have been written about since the 1600s. The modern breed developed across Germany, the Netherlands and Britain. In Dutch it is the Sabelpoot ('sabre-legged').
Appearance
Many colours, including Millefleur, Porcelain, Black, White and Mottled. About 850 g cock and 750 g hen.
Recognised colours
Black, White, Blue, Lavender, Cuckoo, Black Mottled, Buff Mottled, Gold, Silver, Lemon Millefleur, Porcelain, Many more colours are found on the continent
Size and weight
- Forms
- Bantam
- Cock
- 850 g
- Hen
- 750 g
Eggs
- Eggs a year
- 150–180
- Egg colour
- White/cream
- Notes
- Poultrykeeper gives 150–180 tinted eggs.
Temperament
Not recorded yet.
Hardiness
Not recorded yet.
Broodiness
Not recorded yet.
Flying
Not recorded yet.
Suitability
- Good to know
- A rare breed.
Conservation status (RBST)
Not on the Rare Breeds Survival Trust's priority list.
Breed club
- Booted Bantams Society UK, breed-specific · Website
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