Japanese Hens
1. Black tail japanese hen
2. Black tail buff japanese
3. Black japanese
4. Mollted japanese
5. White japanese
6. Silver japanese
1. Black tail japanese hen
2. Black tail buff japanese
3. Black japanese
4. Mollted japanese
5. White japanese
6. Silver japanese
Information:
A miniature sized chicken with distinct features of large comb, large wings that touch the ground, arched tail feathers and very short legs. A great show chicken, good pets, require little feed and space. This bantam chicken breed has found in the Japanese history as far as the 1700's. The Black Tailed White Japanese Bantams was recognized by the American Poultry Standard of Perfection in 1874. We do offer for sale 6 varieties of these "must have" Japanese Bantams.
Just the stature of this bantam rooster makes him look mean to me. He looks very proud and ready to take on anything! Very intimidating for his size.
The Japanese Bantam chicken breed is a miniature sized chicken with distinct features of large comb, large wings that touch the ground, squirrel-tailed feathers and very short legs. A great show bird and good pets according to some. My pictures do not portray, but there are a variety of this small breed such as, Black, White, Black Tailed, Silver, Mottled, others.
Here are a few other features of this chicken breed:
- Lays tiny white egg
- Good layer
- Large single comb
- Weighs approximately 1.3lbs.
- Excellent brooder and protective mother
- Generally friendly, cocks can be aggressive
- Some are fliers but tolerates confinement also
- Not suited for fowl weather due to short legs and fancy feathering
- Due to a genetic characteristic in Japanese bantams there is no such thing as a pure short legged Japanese.
- Great poultry show birds and very popular