Talk:Bantam (poultry)

The prose of this article seems a bit off. it drops into first person sometimes and the questioning paragraph is an odd thing for an encyclopedia. It also seems to have POV issues feeling a little like pro-bantam propaganda. The information seems good though. It should be noted there actually is an anti-bantam feeling among some too. mainly chicken raisers who don't want bantams to interbreed with their stock.

I have never heard of something called a "pekin bantam", and I hhave been a chicken fancier for several years. There is a Pekin duck, and there are bantam breeds with leg feathers such those described in this article, but they are not called pekin bantams. I'm concerned because it is such a common mistake to think "bantam" is a breed, when in fact, it is just a smal version of something. There are some breeds of chicken that only have a bantam version, and many others that come in either bantam or standard.

I have just learned that "pekin" is what Cochin bantams are called outside of North America.