Bantams come in dozens of colorful varieties. Choose more than one
favorite. Lewis Wright, writing in his 1890 Illustrated
Book of Poultry about bantams reflects in language of a different time about
advantages that still apply today:
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| Modern Game bantams |
“Many a lady, tired of having nothing to pet but a tom-cat,
has wondered longingly whether she might not keep a few fowls; but looking at
her garden with regretful eyes, has decided that half of it would be needed,
and that she could not spare that; when the happy thought has crossed her mind,
“Why not keep Bantams?” A little space – just that strip which can so easily be
spared – will content them; and as to
crowing, who in the world would mind the voice of a little fellow no bigger
than a pigeon? She is made happy; and even the tom-cat, ousted at first from
his olden place, but who has provided for him a never-ending subject of
interest in the perpetually intense speculation as to the possibility of some
peculiarly tiny chicken coming some day through to the wrong side of the wire –
even he is made happy too. Decidedly, Bantams have their place in the world.”
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| Old English Game bantams |
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