Bantams or fullsize for eggs?

[farmerlor]

It's all going to come down to your preference. Just start looking around at the various breeds and decide what you like. There are some real beauties in both sizes. My preference is big chickens but that's just me. And if you get a nice coop with lots of insulation so it's sort of soundproofed they make most of their noise when they're frightened or laying eggs so if they're in their nice house when they're laying the eggs and no one ever frightens them you should be good to fly under that radar. They will come running out to talk to you every morning when you let them out and bring their treats and they'll tell you all about the lives and inquire about yours quite loudly but they settle down quickly when you give them something to put in their mouths.

 

[BB3]

I have 7 hens and get around 5 eggs a day so, almost a dozen in 2 days.

 

[pascopol]

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While it it is true standards lay better than Bantams, it is also the truth that Bantams are 1/4 or 1/5 of standards.

There is a common misconception (see previous post) that Bantams eggs are 1/3 of the regular egg.

Some Bantams like RI Bantams, Barred Rock Bantams, New Hempshire Bantams and others will lay 180 eggs per year, egg size 1.4/1.5 oz as compared to 2oz large egg.

So in this case 3 large eggs (6oz) would be about equal to 4 bantam eggs (5.6/6.0 oz.

However bantams will probably eat half or less than standards.

I am in a middle of experiment, I ordered more than 50 bantams of above mentioned breeds, and I am going to keep records and find out.

The main reason I am switching to Bantams is that my standard 10 mutts turned 1/4 acre of nice evergreen grassed area into Sahara Dessert in one season.

I was told that the bantams will do the same, it just will take them longer.

LOL

 

[pascopol]

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As we can see it here, some bantam breeds eggs are about 3/4 size of standard eggs, as pictured above, thats pretty darn good considering Bantams are 1/4 or 1/5 of size of the standard chicken, I do not know if they eat proportionally smaller amount of feed, but I am going to find out.

Anyway Bantam vary widely by breed: less than 1 oz (Serama, Dutch, Sebrights) to 1.5 oz ( bantamised standard breeds: RR's Rocks, Ameraucanas etc).

Obviously you are not going to raise Seramas Or Sebrights for eggs cause beside a small egg size they are going to lay less than a 80 eggs per year.

However bantamised Standard breeds will lay 180 1.5 0z eggs.
Thats a different story, and a big difference.

 

[AtRendeAcres]

here is a link on Bantams were we have been takling about Bantams
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=132181


Go to this site http://www.kippengrabbelton.be/engels/

click on Breed info
left hand side is breed ((click on breed, right column is info top box is large fowl bottom box is bantam))

this is a nice site it gives you the weight of all eggs!

Bantams have a better feed to egg ratio than large size fowl ((I love them all))

Joanne

 

[Voodoobabe72]

Hi we use 2 banty eggs to = 1 lg chicken egg

1 duck egg to = lg 2 chicken eggs

and 1 goose egg = 4 chicken (lg) eggs


the banty eggs fly out of my fridge to my customers... of course i had to do a little persuasion offering a deviled egg recipe thats bite sized great for parties and bbqs ! Now people request them... along with the other eggs

In all honesty I dont think people who are not "feather" people realized chickens could lay small eggs and in doing so that for some reason they were not supposed to be edible lol.

 

[Master S.M.C]

I would get standard birds because you need twice as many bantam eggs to equal that of standard eggs

 

[Robin'sBrood]

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I have two bantams and one standard. My banty girls lay pretty good sized eggs for being so small. I'd just use two of their eggs in place of one standard chicken egg. They taste just as good!

 

[Cindy in PA]

As far as baking with eggs, one large egg should equal 1/4 cup, so you would have to use the number of banty eggs or smaller chicken eggs that would be closest to 1/4 cup! I have been told Rock bantams lay pretty well and I'm getting some in May, so can't wait to find out! I chose bantams because I get more than enough eggs from my 11 LF hens and just want to see what they are like. Also because they need less space & food and that is the only way I could increase my flock. If they want to go broody that would be great too. Can't wait until May!

 

[Robin'sBrood]

One of my Millie Fleur d'Uccle bantam girls started laying again today (yeah!) so I took a pic of her egg beside my Black Australorp's eggs for comparison. The size difference between the chickens is huge compared to the size difference between the eggs!