best bantam egg layers?

[ashylove]

and a great personality is good too!!! lol... i love the japanese, but i am worried the eggs will be to small for us... what about the cochins? also does anyone have pics of eggs of these 2 next to a standard egg?

 

[calee]

I'm curious about this, too!

I dug around on search and finally found this earlier thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=110252&p=1

 

[tiki244]

I have heard a few: Salmon Favorelle bantams, Barred Rock bantams, RIR bantams if you dont get any roos.

My cochin bantams have been laying pretty regularly with a good size but I dont know how long that will last.

 

[tiki244]

Buff Orps lay good sized eggs, but mine were never very consistenet. But they have a wonderful personality.

I also heard good things about the Brahmas.

 

[Pumpkinpup]

The bantam cochins are fairly dependable layers and have the very best personality of all the bantams I have ever owned. I can post a pic of eggs shortly

Just hang in there a minute and I'll be right back.

 

[Pumpkinpup]

Here are two bantam cochin eggs between two BLRW eggs from standard hens. As you can see they are a respectable size for bantam eggs

Hope this helps!

 

[ashylove]

thank you! i had seen that other thread before, but since it had to do with the actual laying, it wasnt a big concern yet.. lol. the pic is amazing, i kinda expected bantam eggs to be alot smaller than standard eggs. they defintly look bigge than i thought! how are rir bantams with kids? i would definitly be raising them from chicks, eggs if i can, and have 2 little ones... i know to be careful with the kids and chicks, at least for the safty of the chick, but how is the temprament?

btw pumpkinpup... i love the towel! lol... what are the standard eggs? im not familiar with the abbrieviations of standards.

 

[tiki244]

BLRW blue laced red wyandotte

Maybe somebody that has RIRs can pipe in on their temperment