Cuckoo Dutch Bantam
A variety of the Dutch Bantam
Chicken · Cream eggs · Ornamental
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About the Cuckoo Dutch Bantam
The Cuckoo carries the barring gene, giving every feather alternating bands of pale grey-white and darker blue-grey across the whole bird rather than a self colour. Unusually for the breed, Cuckoo (with the related Crele) is an exception to the standard slate leg: cuckoos have light legs that may carry a few dark flecks. It is one of the patterned colours standardised in Britain.
At a glance
- Egg colour
- Cream
- Eggs per year
- About 160
- Purpose
- Ornamental
- Sizes
- Bantam
- Incubation
- 21 days
- Broodiness
- Moderate
- Cold hardiness
- Moderate
- Purity
- Pure
- True bantam
- Yes
- Origin
- Netherlands
- Scientific name
- Gallus gallus domesticus