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From my experience the BANTAM RIR are very mellow. They lay big eggs for little birds. I have one that lays 2 - 2 1/4 oz eggs which would be a Large on the egg scale. They do tend to go broody a couple times a year.

Yeah but you want them for eggs too and you'd need a lot of Bantams to get enough eggs to feed your family.
 Thanks for the call this morning, sorry I didn't call back. I'm exhausted. Princess is still acting strange and is sitting quietly in a dog carrier with food and water next to me. Don't know if I'll put her out for the night or not.

The LF RIR that I have had have not been very friendly, calm birds!

Different breeds of bantams lay different size eggs.  I have some bantams that lay larger eggs than some large fowl breeds.  The bantam RIRs lay very big eggs. You wouldn't know the difference between those and average large fowl eggs.

Sorry, I've never met a large fowl RIR that I would consider "friendly"...  :/

        

I can't "Multi" Quote apparently, don't know why. But I was gonna say I'm glad I only have ONE RIR now, even though I'm sure she'll probably be my best layer (why we got them in the first place!).

If I have 9 layers, how many eggs can I expect to get each day? 6? 7? 8 maybe? IDK what to expect but I'm excited! Maybe it has something to do with breed as well though? I have:

1 black Australorp

1 Welsummer

1 Maran/EE (possible OE)

2 buff Orpingtons

2 Easter Eggers

1 RIR

1 GLW

I had a LF RIR that I adopted awhile back who was a super sweet lady. I could pick her up anytime. She went broody a couple times a year so I sold her to a local kid who wanted a broody.

Honestly I think it is a mix.... breed lines and how they were raised... I've met some very nasty and some super sweet in most breeds.

Well, up until a year ago I was a veterinary assistant. I've been a new "stay at home mom/wife" since then, due to some health probs. I have an 11yr old (almost 12) daughter, who is as obsessed about our feathered friends as I am!  I got my first chickens late last July. We started with 2m olds we found on Craigslist. We got 3 Hubbard Browns, 1 RIR and 2 Barred Rocks. Both BRs ended up roosters and we rehomed 1, although the one we kept turned into an a** and may be my first butchering project!!! One of the Hubbards recently became egg bound (I believe she was the one laying soft/thin-shelled eggs occasionally) and after a couple days of taking care of her I had to relieve her suffering . This spring we got our first peeps from a feed store's "Chick Day". What a nightmare that was!!!!!!!!! Sooooo many people and little kids picking them up and droppin them, poor things! We got a Buff Orp, 1 SLW, 2 "Americaunas" (prob EE), and 2 Bantams (I think 1 is a Japenese and 1 might be a Golden Sebright). Well, the Bantams seem to be roosters, darn it, and they have already been sparring (all babies are now 15wks). My daughter is in love with the black Japenese one and since the Sebright is already VERY bossy, I think the Sebright must go!

Sorry for the long-winded answer!! I'm already enjoying myself on BYC!