A bantam ( Indonesian : Ayam kate) is a small variety of poultry especially chickens . Etymologically, the name bantam ...
A bantam (Indonesian: Ayam kate) is a small variety of poultry
especially chickens.
Etymologically, the name bantam is derived from the city of
Bantam - currently
known as "Banten Province" or previously
"Banten Residency" - once a major seaport, in Indonesia.
European sailors restocking on live fowl for sea journeys found the small
native breeds of chicken in Southeast
Asia to be useful, and
any such small poultry came to be known as a bantam.
Most
large chicken breeds have a bantam counterpart, sometimes referred to as a miniature. Miniatures are usually
one-fifth to one-quarter the size of the standard breed, but they are
expected to exhibit all of the standard breed's characteristics.
Have
you watch or participates in Bantam derby? Bantam chicken is cute and unique;
but if you see it, you’ll think that it’s a weak kind. Cockfighting for bantams
is really true but very different of course. If you compare Bantam derby to
human, it seems it is fight between children. Bantam derby is truly amazing to
watch with small gaff and low in weight. The system of the game is almost the
same to the normal derby.
Bantam
chickens are not brave as big chickens. They don’t have an instinct to kill
their opponents and some of them are running in the midst of the fight. But
there is also bantam chicken which is very strong and always ready to battle. Other
breeders are crossing with Hatch, Sweater, lemon, Albany or any bloodline they
could think; the experiment still going strong for this kind of breeding.
There
are some breeders concentrating with Bantam lines. Because they believe that
they can establish their names through bantam derby. They know that they have a
lot of competitors in a normal derby. But in bantam derby, they have a chance
to shine. In the Philippines this is very popular in Pampanga, Tarlac and in
other provinces. There are also associations dedicated for Bantam breeders and
cockers.
The
Bantam story is popular as David and Goliath - evidence that size doesn't
matter in cockfighting. Before basketball, wrestling, mixed martial arts and
others sports were becoming popular, the cockfighting was already there in
Pampanga. It seems that this was old as the human civilization. But no one can
pinpoint who were the first persons who played cockfighting? We only knew that
gamefowl birds were born to fight.
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