| The Information provided 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. Brabanters are very rare in the US, though there are some here, in Cream and Gold varieties. Here on Rainbow Gate Farm, we only have the Cream variety. We hope to introduce new bloodlines in 2008. Scroll down to see photos of our birds. |
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