Booted Bantam

Booted Bantam
Milefleur Booted Bantam hens in The Hague, Netherlands
Cock bird in Dieskau, Saalekreis
Other names
  • Dutch Booted Bantam
  • Sabelpoot
  • Dutch: Nederlandse sabelpootkriel
  • German: Federfüßige Zwerghühner
Country of origin
  • Netherlands
  • Belgium
  • Germany
  • United Kingdom
Useshow
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    maximum 850 g
  • Female:
    maximum 650 g
Egg colourwhite or tinted
Classification
APAfeather legged
EEyes
PCGBrare true bantam

The Booted Bantam or Dutch Booted Bantam is a European breed of true bantam chicken. It is characterised by abundant feathering on the feet and shanks, which gives it a "booted" appearance; and by vulture hocks, long stiff downward-pointing feathers on the backs of the thighs, from which the Dutch name Sabelpoot ('sabre-legged') derives.

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