Burmese chicken
| Other names | Burmese Bantam |
|---|---|
| Country of origin |
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| Use | ornamental |
| Traits | |
| Weight | |
| Egg colour | white |
| Comb type | single |
| Classification | |
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The Burmese or Burmese Bantam is a British
First World War it was thought to be extinct. Some surviving individuals were discovered in the 1970s and were bred with white Booted Bantams
to recreate the breed.
History
: 330In 1970 some were given to Andrew Sheppy, who had established the
cross-breeding other bantams, but the results do not closely resemble the birds shown in historic drawings by Harrison Weir and J.W. Ludlow of the original stock.[1]: 106 [3]: 330 [6]
Characteristics
The Burmese resembles the Booted Bantam, but is smaller and lower to the ground; it has a small crest. The legs are short, with heavy feathering. The comb is single, the earlobes are small and the wattles drooping and fairly long. Only one colour is recognised by the Poultry Club of Great Britain: the white.[1]: 106 [3]: 330 The Dutch re-creation is black.[7]
References
- ^ ISBN 9781119509141.
- ^ Charles Darwin (1868). [https://archive.org/details/b2199450x_0001/page/268/mode/1up The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication. London:John Murray.
- ^ ISBN 9781405156424.
- ^ William Flamank Entwisle (1894). Bantams. Wakefield: Edith H. Entwisle.
- ^ ISBN 9781526763631.
- ^ Burmese. Kenilworth, Warwickshire: Rare Breeds Survival Trust. Accessed October 2021.
- ^ Liste des races et variétés homologuée dans les pays EE (28.04.2013). Entente Européenne d’Aviculture et de Cuniculture. Archived 16 June 2013.