Pekin Bantam Chickens
Black Male
Buff Male
Cuckoo Female
History
The first Pekins are said to have been stolen from a private collection held by the emperor of China in Peking around 1860. Another story states they were imported from China around 1830-1840 and were presented to Queen Victoria. These imported birds were then crossed with other breeds and are now know today as Pekin Bantams.
Behaviour
The Pekin is a very gentle bird. They are good layers of small eggs but are broody, making them great mums. They make excellent pets for children as they are tame. They settle very well and require little space. Pekins can look rather pale and anaemic if not allowed on grass to forage. They tend not to scratch around in flower beds so are good birds to keep in an urban garden. They are normally a robust and long-lived bird that loves company.
Varieties
Pekins are a very popular breed here in the UK. They are available in a whole range of colours. Lavender, blue, silver partridge, red partridge, blue mottled, Columbian, cuckoo, mottled, buff, black, white and wheaten. With all their feathers they actually look larger than they really are. All colours have short legs and feathered feet and toes.
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Latest Reviews For Pekin Bantams (3 of 42)
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- 4 Star: (4)
- 3 Star: (0)
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Pekins make the best pets.
- Emma, 28 January 2013
My first chickens were 6 pekin bantams, 4 lavender hens, 1 black hen and 1 black cockerel. The blacks are beautiful as they have a green sheen to their feathers that shine in the sun (see pics of my two cockerels). They are so easy to handle and don't need a lot of space so are fine in a confined area and good for children to handle They lay a small tinted egg although production isn't high but as a first time chicken owner, they are a must.
So happy with Pekins
- End, 06 October 2012
Also bought from Beacon Stud in Kent and very happy. We now have 8 hens...2 hybrids, 6 Pekins. I had the hybrids first and it took a few weeks to get the big ones used to the little ones. Now they are all quite happy in together. Today one of the little ones laid her first egg. They are so pretty, friendly and such lovely colourful assortment that it is almost too much to expect any eggs at all! The hybrids have been laying an egg a day so it is great to have them. But I have to admit that the Pekins are my favourites!
Great pets, kind to gardens & people
- Katrina, 30 September 2012
I bought my sexed youngsters from Beacon Stud in Kent and they have been great to tame up and are now as friendly as I have ever known a pet!-lovely, healthy birds and just started laying at 20 weeks now and I am told by a friend that they lay only for about 6 months, so I bought some hybrids for the eggs and these as pets! I spent a long time with these helpful people and was so happy with the care and attention they gave us, their breeding birds are truly stunning, with the best array of colours possible-all good advice 1st hand and loads of tips-strongly recommended.
Pekin Bantams
- Manon, 10 March 2012
My broody bantams! Last year they were broody three times and so not a great egg production. Even after letting them rear their own chicks, they still went broody; howver they were great mothers. They make good pets, are easy to handle and aren't very flighty.
Blue rinse pair
- Sue, 05 December 2011
We had a pair of lavender pekins in the summer who were at point of lay but not an egg have we seen. They are certainly not as active as the hybrid hen we have, but it is the winter now and friends assure me that they will alter come the spring. On the plus side they do not dig up the garden and do not require a lot of space. When let out to free range they often wander back to the coop after half an hour. Can be quite entertaining and certainly let you know if something has upset them. I am told the eggs are lovely when they lay them!!
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