All our pure breeds descend from top exhibition lines. We have carefully selected and bred over several years to produce good show quality fowl. All the breeds pictures below have won us major awards at the top shows all over the country. Birds pictured below & elsewhere on this site are owned and or bred by us Pimlotts Poultry.
Above: The Australorp Bantam. A friendly little bird, oiginally from Australia, brought over to the UK in 1921. Blues & whites are also standardised in this breed. The blacks have a beautiful 'beetle' green sheen to their feathers. In exhbition birds a dark eye and beak are important as well as dark legs, white toe nails & white soles to the feet. Lovely tempraments & good layers, laying a good sized tinted egg.
Above: Large Salmons Faverolles. The Faverolle originated in the village of Faverolles in northern France. Brought to Britain 1886. They have 5 toes & muffling under the chin. The salmon males feathering is strikingly different to that of the Salmon female ( see picture). Salmons are the most popular colour, but Faverolles come in an array of colours, black, blue, white, buff & ermine. We keep all colours in bantams & keep a limited number of large Salmons.
We are currently in our third year developing our own strain of ermine faverolles bantams.
Above: The Croad Langshan bantam. The Croad comes from the Langshan region of China brought to the UK by Major Croad who in 1904 started the first Croad Langshan club to maintain the original qualities of the breed. The Croad has a little more lift in the leg than your average chicken, with feathering down the outside of its leg & on the outer toe. They lay a pinky plum egg which is characteristic to the breed. They are good layers & the females make very good broodies. A good Croad should be nice & tight in its back & is described as a 'U' shape.The blacks as with the Australorp have a beetle geen sheen to their feathers We keep whites & blues too although the blue croads are not yet standardised. There are not many Croads about anymore & have been recently added to the Rare Breed Survival Trust's critical list. It's important to do what we can to preserve this special breed.
