There are about 18 breeds of bantam chicken, which include pekin, dutch and sebright, but silkie is gaining the most popularity in Kenya. ‘Weird’ characteristics ...

Originating in the Netherlands, this breed is one of the true bantam breeds – and seriously, he looks like he'd be right at home in a painting from the Dutch Golden Age.

The European Association of Poultry, Pigeon, Cage Bird, Rabbit, and Cavy Breeders recognizes more than a hundred breeds of chickens, from the Polish (shown here) to the Brabanter and the Dutch bantam.

Lynn now has 63 breeds including Scots grey, Gold and Yellow Dutch Bantam, Vorwerk, Welsummer, Lakenvelder, Hamburg, Sumatra, Ixworth, Appenzeller Dark Dorking, Buff Orpington, Light Sussex and ...