Bantams & eggs

Spring,
I am intrested in this too, as i have a buff brahma bantam, and i would like to know how her egg laying will compare to my standards. Lets hope we get some good answers! Thanks -Dom

 

Well, I am not an expert but, silkies are not good egg producers because they go broody so much. The cochins and brahmas go broody too. So this cuts down on over all quantity. While laying you could expect maybe an egg every other day from each one. Brahmas generally will lay more eggs than cochins. I have 10 cochin banties that have just started laying and I am getting 4 eggs a day. I expect the quantity will go up as they mature a little more but when they go broody, they lay no eggs. I do not know about the ameraucana as far as broodiness or quantity. Hopefully someone else can inform you.

My cochins and one brahma started laying at 20 to 21 weeks.

Gayle
Chi lady in Michigan

 

Broody. A hen that covers eggs to warm and hatch them. Sometimes refers to a hen that stays in the nest for an extended period without producing eggs.

(from BYC home)