Bantams that lay large eggs

[Elinor's chicks]

I have a Cochin, Brahma and 2 Orpingtons, all bantams. The Brahma and Orp eggs are the larger ones, the Cochin is slightly smaller. All the eggs are pale brown, the Cochin's being the palest. All bantams can be broody, but it will depend on the individual bird. I bought the Orps because they come from a line that supposedly has no tendecy toward broodiness. They are too young to lay yet, so we'll see. The Brahma is sedate and quiet, the Cochin is a character (good personalities seem to be a breed characteristic) and the Orps are shy. All can be handled easily and like to cuddle.

I hope this helps -

 

[IHAVEAZOO]

I have the wheaten bantams and they lay a good-sized white egg, the equivalent of a large medium egg. Very friendly and calm, don't eat too much, attractive to look at and lay almost daily, even in winter. You might try a few and see what you think!

 

[Tracydr]

Thanks very much! I wonder how all these breeds are with heat?

 

[Debbi]

Here is what I got from the coops the other day. The dark one in the middle is a Black Copper Marans pullet egg, the rest are Silkie pullet eggs. The Marans egg is an Extra large/jumbo size, the Silkies are a small to medium size.

 

[birdnbeast]

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The most simple rule of thumb (always exceptions tho) is Bantam only breed will have 'bantam' eggs but a bantam-size breed bred down (has larger counterpart as breedstock) will have a size-mitigated egg. Also, keep in mind that these breeds are bred down from standard bred stock to (hopefully) have full breed traits like a good standard bred LF counterpart (verses production-bred). If one's purpose is to have mass numbers of very large eggs for egg sales, and then do planned replacement every 12-18 mos, you can't really beat ordering production-bred sexed chicks. If it is for family and farm use, you can't beat some of the more "interesting" but smaller standard bred breeds (or land-race breeds) or cool and feed-cost efficient bantams. Most bantam breeders will have pullets that are larger than desired for show/breeding pens that lay nice eggs.

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too little time, too little $$$, not enough chickens -- wait, I have two batches hatching now, what was I thinking!!!

 

[Chickenaddict]

I have had a few different varieties of bantams here, that is all we keep.

The brahmas I had from hatcheries were good layers but very slow to mature, never went broody. Excellent temperments and do ok in heat and cold.

My cochins from hatcheries didn't go broody often but they did go broody on occasion. They too were great layers of medium sized eggs. Great temperments too but I have had issues with bantam cochin roosters in the past.

My ee bantams were good layers, about 4-6 eggs a week on average BUT they were broody often. Shy skittish temperments, excellent mamas!

My bantam leghorn hen was broody more often then not and barely ever laid eggs because of that. Sweet temperment, very sweet

Now here is a pic of the eggs I collected over a few days and put into an egg carton from the grocery store

 

[dickhorstman]

Barred Rock bantams lay a nice size egg. Most are a tan color. They are very good layers and are not excessively broody. "horstmanspoultry.com"

 

[EweSheep]

Bantam Welsummers lay fine but less than their larger cousins. Here are the size to compare with the larger egg.

 

[angie3881]

Bantam eggs might be smaller, but in my opinion, they cannot be beaten in taste! The entire family and friends who get my eggs love those little ones the best.

 

[1muttsfan]

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