Dual-Purpose...Banties

[Teach97]

I have two young boys who can eat but I am still going to run banties...have a big order for cornish banties...gonna get a leghorn bantam and cross them...cuz i can!

 

[edgarmongold]

Here are pictures of my New Hampshire bantams.
I just skin the breast and flay like you would a fish.
What you end up with are two small pieces of meat to flavor a dish for a meal.
For me the rest of the carcass isn’t enough to warrant skinning.
As far as egg production not all hens are created equal.
I pair mate so I know which hens are laying regularly and which aren’t.
Out of 5 females one or two years old 2 were pulled out of breeding program.
Other three have been laying 3 or 4 eggs per week since October under lights.
I don’t keep track of pullet egg production as almost all pullets lay decent.
Wether one would call them a utility bantam I don’t know.
For me just an exhibition strain bred as livestock.
Neither the size of the eggs or the amount of meat is going to compare with large fowl.
For me the price of feed and less space makes it the choice for me.

 

[edgarmongold]

Here are pictures of my New Hampshire bantams.
I just skin the breast and flay like you would a fish.
What you end up with are two small pieces of meat to flavor a dish for a meal.
For me the rest of the carcass isn’t enough to warrant skinning.
As far as egg production not all hens are created equal.
I pair mate so I know which hens are laying regularly and which aren’t.
Out of 5 females one or two years old 2 were pulled out of breeding program.
Other three have been laying 3 or 4 eggs per week since October under lights.
I don’t keep track of pullet egg production as almost all pullets lay decent.
Wether one would call them a utility bantam I don’t know.
For me just an exhibition strain bred as livestock.
Neither the size of the eggs or the amount of meat is going to compare with large fowl.
For me the price of feed and less space makes it the choice for me.

Fitting for this post:
First pullet egg 5 months old
Pullet’s egg 1.2 ounces
2 year old hen egg 1.3 ounces