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Hey y'all!
I have a flock of bantams... 10 of my original flock, 4 of their babies (which are mature now) & then I have 10 more chicks. Unfortunately all the new chicks won't make the "cut", only about 4 or 5.![Grimacing face :grimacing: 😬](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f62c.png)
My concern is that we would like to start raising chickens for egg production. (My girls aren't laying right now.
I don't blame them though, it's been 100°+ for almost a week now. 4 of the hens are broody & breaking them has been a game.
) I'm worried about integrating "regular sized" chickens in to the flock. I've looked in to some bantam that lay more often, but is there really a bantam breed that is a good layer? ![Eyes :eyes: 👀](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f440.png)
I have a flock of bantams... 10 of my original flock, 4 of their babies (which are mature now) & then I have 10 more chicks. Unfortunately all the new chicks won't make the "cut", only about 4 or 5.
![Grimacing face :grimacing: 😬](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f62c.png)
My concern is that we would like to start raising chickens for egg production. (My girls aren't laying right now.
![Confused face :confused: 😕](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f615.png)
![Upside-down face :upside_down: 🙃](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f643.png)
![Eyes :eyes: 👀](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f440.png)