Freshly collected, highly fertile hatching eggs from our beautiful flock of White Pekin Bantams at Cumbria Hens (Orebank Farm) in Bigrigg, West Cumbria. The Breed Pekins are true bantams famous for their round, fluffy appearance and heavily feathered feet. Our White Pekins boast striking, white plumage. They are exceptionally tame, calm, and friendly, making them the perfect garden bird or family pet. They lay small cream/tinted eggs and make brilliant, dedicated broody hens. Our Eggs Tested Fertility: Our breeding group is actively treading, and we regularly test our own eggs to ensure excellent fertility. Fresh & Natural: Eggs are collected daily, stored correctly (pointy-end down), and sent unwashed to protect their natural bloom.
At a glance
- Origin
- China
- Scientific name
- Gallus gallus domesticus
- Eggs per year
- ~100
- Egg colour
- Cream
- Incubation
- 21 days
- Broodiness
- High
- Cold hardiness
- Moderate
- Sizes
- Bantam
- Purpose
- Ornamental
- Purity
- Pure
- True bantam
- Yes
About the Wheaten Pekin Bantam
Wheaten Pekins show strong sexual dimorphism: hens are a soft, pale cinnamon-wheat colour across the body, while cockerels carry a black-breasted-red type pattern with rich orange-red hackles and saddle over a black breast and tail. It is one of the rarer Pekin colours, recognised in the Australian standard and emerging on UK show benches. The plumage sits on the breed's ball-shaped, heavily foot-feathered true-bantam frame; docile and very broody.