Birchen Pekin Bantam
A variety of the Pekin Bantam
Chicken · Cream eggs · Ornamental
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About the Birchen Pekin Bantam
Birchen is essentially a reverse-Columbian: the hackle, back, saddle and wing-bows are silver-white over a rich black body, with each breast feather finely margined in silver lacing. A recognised UK colour, the sharp silver-on-black edging is striking against the breed's full, rounded outline. Birchen Pekins share the breed's gentle, broody temperament.
At a glance
- Egg colour
- Cream
- Eggs per year
- About 100
- Purpose
- Ornamental
- Sizes
- Bantam
- Incubation
- 21 days
- Broodiness
- High
- Cold hardiness
- Moderate
- Purity
- Pure
- True bantam
- Yes
- Origin
- China
- Scientific name
- Gallus gallus domesticus