{"id":30,"date":"2016-07-20T07:39:29","date_gmt":"2016-07-20T06:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/treereportsandsurveys.co.uk\/poultry-and-waterfowl\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2026-02-15T11:01:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T11:01:02","slug":"nankin-bantams","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/msumner.co.uk\/poultry-and-waterfowl\/nankin-bantams\/","title":{"rendered":"Nankin Bantams"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"407\" height=\"407\" src=\"https:\/\/msumner.co.uk\/poultry-and-waterfowl\/wp-content\/uploads\/nankins-22-6-20-cropped.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/msumner.co.uk\/poultry-and-waterfowl\/wp-content\/uploads\/nankins-22-6-20-cropped.jpg 407w, https:\/\/msumner.co.uk\/poultry-and-waterfowl\/wp-content\/uploads\/nankins-22-6-20-cropped-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/msumner.co.uk\/poultry-and-waterfowl\/wp-content\/uploads\/nankins-22-6-20-cropped-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 407px) 100vw, 407px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Nankins are thought to be the first breed of true bantam to be seen in the British Isles. They are named after &#8220;Nankeen&#8221; cloth, which is a similar colour and was very popular in the mid 18th Century. &nbsp;They are inexplicably very scarce which is strange as they are a British breed in a very attractive colour and they lay well for their size.&nbsp; The eggs have a very high proportion of yolk.&nbsp; The hens sit well and are good mothers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They were thought to be extinct until a small flock was found and the breed re-distributed in the 1970s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have found our Nankins to be generally easy going, especially if they have been handled as chicks, and they can become very tame.  Hatching eggs will be available for sale from March 2026 at \u00a31.50 each.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/msumner.co.uk\/poultry-and-waterfowl\/wp-content\/uploads\/quartette-of-nankins.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/msumner.co.uk\/poultry-and-waterfowl\/wp-content\/uploads\/quartette-of-nankins.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/msumner.co.uk\/poultry-and-waterfowl\/wp-content\/uploads\/quartette-of-nankins.jpg 800w, https:\/\/msumner.co.uk\/poultry-and-waterfowl\/wp-content\/uploads\/quartette-of-nankins-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/msumner.co.uk\/poultry-and-waterfowl\/wp-content\/uploads\/quartette-of-nankins-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/msumner.co.uk\/poultry-and-waterfowl\/wp-content\/uploads\/quartette-of-nankins-619x350.jpg 619w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/msumner.co.uk\/poultry-and-waterfowl\/wp-content\/uploads\/4nankin-pullets-500px.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"343\" src=\"https:\/\/msumner.co.uk\/poultry-and-waterfowl\/wp-content\/uploads\/4nankin-pullets-500px.jpeg\" alt=\"15 week old Nankin Pullets\" class=\"wp-image-65\" style=\"width:414px;height:284px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/msumner.co.uk\/poultry-and-waterfowl\/wp-content\/uploads\/4nankin-pullets-500px.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/msumner.co.uk\/poultry-and-waterfowl\/wp-content\/uploads\/4nankin-pullets-500px-300x206.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">15 week old Nankin Pullets<\/figcaption><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nankins are thought to be the first breed of true bantam to be seen in the British Isles. They are named after &#8220;Nankeen&#8221; cloth, which is a similar colour and was very popular in the mid 18th Century. &nbsp;They are inexplicably very scarce which is strange as they are a British breed in a very [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-30","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/msumner.co.uk\/poultry-and-waterfowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/msumner.co.uk\/poultry-and-waterfowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/msumner.co.uk\/poultry-and-waterfowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/msumner.co.uk\/poultry-and-waterfowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/msumner.co.uk\/poultry-and-waterfowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/msumner.co.uk\/poultry-and-waterfowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":607,"href":"https:\/\/msumner.co.uk\/poultry-and-waterfowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/revisions\/607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/msumner.co.uk\/poultry-and-waterfowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}