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Oh, OK. It's just selective breeding. There's this thing called epigenetics too. Simplified, it just means that morphological changes caused by environmental conditions can be inherited by the offspring. The environmentally-induced changes are somehow incorporated into the DNA. So, the...

How so? C'mon. Spill the beans.

What do bantam chickens and North Korean children have in common?

uh-oh. UH-OH. I'm freaking out here. The 1940 book Modern and Old English Game Bantams by John P. Baldwin has advertisements spread throughout. One advert is from Bantam Supply House. Bantam Supply House also published the book. In the advert they list their products and it includes...

Stop measuring and counting stuff as long as they don't get sick and die. If the diet is insufficient then they will lay less. It's conceivable that feeding an heirloom diet could bring a person more satisfaction than a lot of eggs. Everybody gets to make their own goals in this hobby. How...

I've never come across any bantam-specific feeds. The American Bantam Association pushes Nutrina feeds but Nutrina does not make a bantam-specific feed. The implication is that you should make a regular chicken food for bantams. That's challenge enough and there is tons of literature to dive...

You will learn a lot by trying to make your own feed. That is the only positive and non-lecturing comment I can make.