Comments on: Banty Chicken Breed

By: Marjorie Hirschfield

Marjorie Hirschfield — Sun, 24 Sep 2023 18:32:03 +0000

When I was six or seven, we had Banti chickens a rooster and two hens.

By: Helen Ramsey

Helen Ramsey — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 14:51:02 +0000

It’s my birthday, and I miss my mom recalling the morning I was born, which was every year. Setting aside the snowfall story, she also told(and I do remember) about having a banty rooster that would hide and wait for me and my blonde hair to step outside. That rooster would chase me, a 4-5 yr old little innocent girl would flog me and peck at my head/hair. There was no reason why that rooster was so aggressive toward me. After many times of chasing and catching me, mom decided the rooster was not worth keeping if it tortured me in such a manner. She came to my rescue one last time with a huge stick. Good bye rooster~

By: Charles N Sandra Keys

Charles N Sandra Keys — Sat, 30 Nov 2019 03:38:53 +0000

In reply to Robert Bennett.

Hi Robert, it can be confusing trying to match chickens up to the eggs! It might be a little easier to scroll through this chart. Hope it helps.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/egg-color-chart-find-out-what-egg-color-your-breed-lays.48143/

By: Robert Bennett

Robert Bennett — Thu, 14 Nov 2019 22:28:28 +0000

I have the following breed of this years(2019) hens that have begun to lay. The one egg is small football shaped teal colored egg. Not sure what breed is laying the egg. I have (2)Banty’s, (2)Silkies, (2)Polish crested, (1)Turken, I believe either a buff orpington (or favorelle). Also have begun to get a small light tan colored egg (smaller than a Guinea). Not sure of the breed laying these either. Also Have 7 Guinea that have not begun to lay until April 2020 Tried to attach pictures of eggs , but unable to do so. Could anyone help me here
Regards
Bob Bennett
Bobswing@frontiernet.net

By: Charles N Sandra Keys

Charles N Sandra Keys — Sun, 18 Feb 2018 02:31:41 +0000

In reply to Gail Hanrahan.

Hi Gail, This is just too funny. Thank you for sharing it with us! 🙂

Be Blessed.

By: Gail Hanrahan

Gail Hanrahan — Thu, 25 Jan 2018 22:43:44 +0000

My Dad grew up on a farm and they called these hens “Banty” He and a younger brother thought
it would be fun to replace the eggs in the little hens nest with one duck egg. She was a good hen
and hatched out the egg. As it grew, it soon became bigger than her, but that didn’t seem to matter.
One day they went down by the farms pond and her “baby” jumped right into the water happy as
could be. The Banty hen went back and forth on the shore in a frantic panic certain her chick would
drown. The chick was confused because it was quite easy to swim, but did as his mother wanted
and got out of the pond. I doubt either one of them ever figured out “baby” was a duck, but it followed
her around the barn yard for a very long time. Not sure I would share Dad’s sense of humor.

By: Candy Binkley

Candy Binkley — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 00:05:13 +0000

“Banty” is a short version of Bantam. I’m suprised that you didn’t know that.

By: ivie

ivie — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 19:38:55 +0000

This is a condensed version of the story of LUCKY, my husband was helping a friend paint the barn, behind a pile of lumber was a Banty egg, partially hatched, he helped the chick out of the shell, dried it and put it in the tack room, Our friend said the other chicks had hatched out 2 days prior, and this little one wouldn’t make it, we had a wonderful dinner and visit, when we got ready to go home , to the city, he checked on the chick, and told us to take it home with us, which we did, I put the baby in an empty aquarium, with a fuzzy blanket, a windup clock, a lid with water, oatmeal, cream of wheat, corn meal, everything that a chick might like to eat, after 3 days I called Carl and said I was ready to bring her back, he said ” Oh, no !! I was sure she was too weak to make it !!” I said ” do you mean in the city of Naples I have a pet chicken ? he answered, I guess you do , because my hens know they didn’t hatch it and they will kill it “Thus begins a wonderful story of our pet Banty chicken, 5 kids, a bunch of bird dogs, house dogs and cats, it goes in all different directions, but most of all there were many lessons learned, they make wonderful pets, are quiet, eggs are good quality !! we loved our LUCKY so much that we raised other Bantys because of her !!!

By: Lynn

Lynn — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 18:21:57 +0000

I loved the Banties we had when I was growing up on the family farm. We sold 3 to 4 cases of eggs every week from our small operation. Our Banties were red, orange, and blue/purple. We treated them like pets, could pick them up and hold them. I had a rooster that would sit on my shoulder while I was feeding and gathering eggs. The hens hid their nests in the hay loft and would appear with 6-12 little fuzz balls on tiny feet. They were a delight to have around. They always took their brood to the main chicken house because that’s where the feed and water was. The full sized chickens gave them a wide berth after getting flopped a few times. We raised broilers too and every spring when we turned the chickens out on the grass the young roosters would wind up bloody from tangling with a Banty rooster. Good memories.