Pekin chicken is a bantam breed which originated from Peking (now known
as Beijing) in China. They are smaller in size and are true bantams.
They have no large counterpart. Pekin chicken has been mistaken for a
bantam Cochin due to some similarities and origins. But they had not
relationship to the large Cochin chicken breed and looked quite
different. Even, they come from a different place (Peking in China).