bantam dark egg layer?

[poultrycrazy]

I thought a good project would be bantam olive eggers but is there a bantam dark egg layer?

 

[poultrycrazy]

Anyone?

 

[HaikuHeritageFarm]

I've seen some bantam Welsummers around, not sure about any others.

 

[NewHopePoultry]

I dont think theres a bantam breed that lays dark, dark eggs. Bantam eggs tend to be lighter(even in dark egg breeds) then full sized ones of the same breed.

 

[TK Poultry]

There are Bantam Welsummers and Barnevelders plus their are developing Bantam Marans. BUT they don't lay the dark eggs of their LF counterparts so a Bantam Olive Egger could be possible but would need a darker egg ancestor first.

 

[jarcoo0153]

Could you use a standard dark egger over a banty amerucana, and select the small birds, and breed them down in size? It is just a thought.