Poultry
Dutch Bantam
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Dutch Bantam is a lively true bantam from the Netherlands, known for upright carriage, large single comb, and colourful partridge and other plumage patterns. Birds are efficient foragers for their size and historically provided small households with eggs and occasional meat. Table birds are petite with mild, fine-textured flesh suitable for whole roasting or classic Dutch and northern European small-fowl recipes. Today most Dutch Bantams are exhibition and garden stock, with food use secondary to ornamental breeding.
Also known as: Hollandse Kriel / Dutch Bantam, Dutch Bantam, Dutch Bantam, Dutch Bantam
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History
Small farmyard bantams of the Low Countries supplied eggs and meat to rural households.
Dutch poultry standards began formalising the light, upright Dutch Bantam type.
Breed clubs stabilised Partridge and other classic colour varieties of the Hollandse Krielen.
American recognition and imports spread Dutch Bantams among New World fanciers.
Modern Dutch and international clubs conserved extensive colour lists for exhibition Dutch Bantams.