Best Laying Bantam?

[Berkshiremom]

I was curious as to which breed of bantam lays the most eggs? I'm thinking of getting a few, but still want good egg production. Thanks in advance.

 

[elmo]

I have had Serama/OEGB and Serama/d'Uccle bantams for a year. They started laying at 5 months and began pumping out eggs at what to me was an astonishing rate: each hen laid 6 and even sometimes 7 eggs a week! This continued until the flock all got fowl pox in the fall; when they started laying again we were into winter and production dropped off but I was still getting an egg or two from each one every week. Then this spring it was back up to an egg a day most days. I let all three go broody and hatch out clutches. Now they're back to laying and even with this extremely hot weather I'm getting 5-6 eggs a week from each of them. I don't know if this is typical of the breeds or not, though.

The eggs are small, of course, and the proportion of yolk to white is higher in such a small egg.

 

[Break an Egg]

Leghorns come in bantam, and I know their LF counterparts lay alot of eggs.

 

[hcammack]

My faverolles bantam vary between 4-7 eggs a week. Usually around 5 or 6 a week and mine lay through the winter.

Henry

 

[crazyegg]

Probably bantam leghorns. If you want little brown eggs, maybe bantam Plymouth rocks. Both are very cute breeds. The "cute" factor is very important to me with bantams.

 

[farmgirl77]

My bantam Rhode Island Reds can put some of my standards to shame! The eggs are very big too, considering her size. She was a freebee packing peanut and is my (very cute) Little Red Hen.

 

[chickenman98]

my japanese lays about 6 eggs a week

 

[D'Angelo N Va.]

My D'Uccles are laying machines...