Leghorn - Bantam

I have 3 white bantam leghorn hens, they are eggcellent layers and lay an egg a day! They are keen too get out of the coop in the morning and love scratching up leaf litter for bugs. They are active and curious. Not very tame though. I love how they just lay an egg and walk away immediately, such a relief compared to my silkie hens who love to get broody... silkies are so different, they aren't really alert enough to actively catch insects or explore much. Overall I would highly recommend leghorns bantams. I have an open fenced off area with lots of bushes and logs in it, I have read that they can be a bit flighty but I haven't experienced that, so don't let that put you off getting a few!

Recently raised a leghorn bantam hen and i'd have to say she's not the best breed I've had. She completed the flock of course and is friendly towards the other chickens but she's really flighty and doesn't like to be picked up. I mainly got chickens for eggs and pets so wanted a tame breed. At least she's not aggressive towards me, the kids and other chickens.

I hatched out a white leghorn bantam pullet in the Summer of 2014. She started laying a month or so ago. She lays only like three eggs a week, kinda disappointing. Being so small, she is difficult to catch. She can fly quite well too.

From white to light brown to red the Leghorn might suit your showing needs. Because of their small size and similar to it's large fowl counterpart as a backyard poultry raiser it's almost better to get the larger counterpart only because it's better at production. Bantam Leghorns are available in rose comb and single comb and are fairly common to find in the show world.

my bantam leghors are awesome even thought they are hard to keep clean it pays off at a show

Bantam leghorns are much overlooked as backyard egg layers. Their small size means they eat a fraction of what a big hen does. and they lay prolifically. The ones i had did not have the flighty personality of large leghorns. They do fly well however, so a covered yard is a must.