Japanese Bantam

"Chabo" redirects here. For the Japanese musician, see Reichi Nakaido.
Japanese Bantam
A pair of black-tailed Chabo
Other names
  • Chabo
  • Shojo Chabo[1]
  • Katsura Chabo[2]
Country of originJapan
DistributionSouth Asia
Usefancy
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    510–620 g[3]
  • Female:
    400–510 g[3]
Skin colouryellow
Egg colourcream or tinted
Comb typesingle
Classification
APAsingle comb clean-legged[4]
EEyes[5]
PCGBtrue bantam[6]
APStrue bantam softfeather light breed[3]

The Japanese Bantam or Chabo (Japanese: 矮鶏) is a Japanese breed of ornamental chicken. It is a true bantam breed, meaning that it has no large fowl counterpart. It characterised by very short legs – the result of hereditary chondrodystrophy – and a large upright tail that reaches much higher than the head of the bird.[7]: 164 

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