Origin: Germany

Classification: True Bantam

Egg colour: Cream or white

 

The Rumpless Booted originates from the Thüringen Forest region of Germany, in particular the small industrial town of Ruhla in the district.  It is a booted bantam, with a stocky, rumpless and rounded body and a lively and confident nature.  Developed more recently than the Booted Bantam, the breed has its own standard.  They are known in the country of their origin as Ruhlaer Zwerg Kaulhuhner.  Their first recorded appearances in the UK are at shows in 1901, shown as Rumpless Booted, however, there are references in articles taking them back to 1893.

 

General characteristics: male

Type: Body broad, short, stout and rounded.  Back short and broad and only slightly sloping.  Breast full and rounded.  Keel well developed.  Wings short and lying neatly.  Shoulders broad and well rounded.

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Head: Medium sized; rounded.  Face red and smooth.  Comb small, erect with 3 to 5 points.  Wattles small and rounded.  Earlobes red, but a little reddish-white colouring is permitted

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Neck: Short, full, not inclined backwards at all.

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Legs and feet:  Thighs powerful, well feathered with well-developed vulture hocks, consisting of long rigid feathers which almost touch the ground.  Fairly short shanks which are heavily furnished with long and rather stiff feathers on the outer sides.  Toes, four, straight and well spread.  The outer and middle toes being very heavily feathered.

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Plumage:  Wide and full.  Saddle very full, saddle feathers forming a half ball rear.  Tail completely absent.

 

Female

The general characteristics are similar to the male, allowing for the natural sexual differences.  The hen’s carriage is almost horizontal, with well-developed rump feathering.  The comb and earlobes are smaller than in the male.

 

Colour:

As per the Booted Bantams

 

Weights

Male 625–700g (22oz– 25oz)

Female 525–600g (18.5oz–21oz)

 

Scale of points

Type                                                25

Head                                               15

Colour (plumage)                           15

Colour (legs & beak)                      5

Leg and foot feathering                15

Size                                                  10

Condition                                         15

                                                         100

 

 

Disqualifications

Any sign of a tail, any deformity.

 

Serious defects

Other than single comb, gypsy face.  Any sign of boule or beard.  Other than four toes.  Significantly overweight.  Back too long.  Legs too short or too long.  Missing toe nails. Wrong leg/foot colour.

 

Defects to be avoided

 White feathers in non-white self-coloured birds, purple barring in black birds, lacing or mottling in lavender birds, blue/slate legs in white birds, insufficient or poor white tipping in millefleur or mottled varieties, comb too large, wattles too large, vulture hocks too long.

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(REF: EJ 03/08/25 BPS 7th 2019)