Wheaten Dutch Bantam
A variety of the Dutch Bantam
Chicken · Cream eggs · Ornamental
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About the Wheaten Dutch Bantam
In the wheaten Dutch Bantam the hen carries a soft, even body of warm wheat to pale buff, slightly darker over the back and tail, giving the variety its name; the cock is a black-breasted red type with rich orange-red hackle, back and shoulders over a black breast and tail. Like all Dutch Bantams it keeps the breed's tiny, well-proportioned frame, five-pointed single comb, white earlobes and slate-blue legs. Wheaten is one of the lighter colours and is less common in UK pens than the original partridge.
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