Both my shoulders are replaced. It's not fun dealing with restrictions. Bantams are much easier to keep, and in my opinion more enjoyable because of their more gentle nature.
I'd go for the tiny Seramas. They just look too cute.
The roos are a pain. The hens aren't super friendly, but I don't handle my chickens much. I do like the little green eggs from them. Meyers and MPC share incubators and the stock I believe is the same. I like MPC because of their great website, and customer service.
About 10 years ago I had gotten silkies from them. Than through the years a few bantam cochins, frizzle and their mottled, as well as d'uccle.
Last year I tried some bantam Easter eggers. Next year I want to get a couple more of the bantam Easter eggers, a couple of bantam welsummer, and a...
I have order sexed bantams multiple times from My Pet Chicken and they are always sexed correctly. I find it's worth the extra money to get the females if that's what I want. Straight run is definitely cheaper, but than I end up with a bunch of adorable roosters I gotta figure something out for.
Very cute. I have around 6 little boys that I will move out of my bantam coop and integrate into my standard flock when they get a little bit older. I like the little stinkers. They go good with standard hens generally.
I have a pair of Millie fleur d'uccle hens, some mottled, blue splash, calico, and black cochins as well as some mixes. I also have 2 bantam Easter eggers.
They are definitely all different. I enjoy my roosters, especially the little guys. Some are such little goofs. I've had them be good right from the start, and others take 2 years to become good boys.
Remove the boys. Don't torture the hen with a saddle. Some young bantam roosters are too vigorous their first year or two. I keep them separately until they mature more.