These little birds are full of character, they are a confident and very robust bantam chicken. Although friendly they are not a lap chicken, but make wonderful pets and companions. They are busy little chickens and although not big on cuddles will follow you just about everywhere you go! Capable of adapting to most situations easily they are good to be mixed with most other breeds. They are also really great little laying hens giving up to 180 small white eggs a year and are not known to be a broody breed, great to add to a flock as a little layer.
Bantam Ardennaise at a Glance
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Full Fan Tail
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Featherless Legs
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The Bantam Ardennaise is a confident and cheeky little bird. They are robust for their size and will be into everything going on. They are inquisitive, smart and very friendly. They fly quite well and love to roost and perch up high.
Bantam Ardennaise and busy little chickens and will be very happy free roaming in a large space and are equally suited to a back garden. They can fly very well and will fly up high when scared or agitated. If you are keeping them in a small back garden and don’t want them free ranging when you are not there you will need an enclosed run, they are not a ‘wandering’ breed and will stay where they are safe, but may scale a face and get into some mischief if you’re not around.
The Ardennaise is a lovely breed of bantam chicken bred from the traditional large breed which is documented as early as the 1800’s. The Bantam Variety was later created in the 1900’s and believed to have been a cross breed with the well-known Leghorn. Both breeds originate from the Ardennes region of France on the Belgian border.