Brabanter
A Brabanter male
Photo courtesy of Frances A. Bassom
The information on this breed is thanks to Elly Vogelaar of Aviculture Europe.
The Brabanter is a very old Dutch breed that became extinct around 1900 and was re-created again in 1920. This "new" Brabanter is not as large as the original seems to have been, but it surely is a most attractive fowl, with its narrow, flattened crest, its three cornered beard and its peculiar comb with the two v-shaped horns. The recognized colours are: black, blue, white cuckoo, gold (the plumage is golden bay with a black, half moon spangle on each feather), silver (silver with black markings), and chamois (buff with white markings).
They are non-sitters and lay a good-sized white egg. Brabanters are said to do OK in confinement and to be fairly docile.
The Brabanter bantam was developed by crossing Bearded Polish Bantams with the large Brabanter.
Brabanters are very rare in the US, though there are some here, in Cream and Gold varieties.
Breed clubs:
The BKU Club
Midden 127
8351 HE Wapserveen
The Netherlands
phone: 0521 321082
Head of a Brabanter hen, clearly showing the crest and
beard
Photo courtesy of Elly Vogelaar
Yellow Brabanters
Photo courtesy of Joost Kaper
Gold Brabanters
Photo courtesy of Joost Kaper
Another pair of Golden Brabanters
Photo courtesy of Elly Vogelaar and © Aviculture Europe
Cream Brabanters
Photo courtesy of H and H Poultry, Burnet, TX
Moorkop Brabanters
Photo courtesy of Joost Kaper
Another Cream Brabanter pullet
Photo courtesy of Angela Wall
Brabanter chicks Cream Brabanter chicks So? . . . Maybe it's Easter
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Photo © S & B Meikle
Photo courtesy of H and H Poultry, Burnet, TX
Photo courtesy of Lynne van Dyke
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