For games, they lay pretty darn good. The eggs are medium sized, and cream colored. They do very good in the winter. I live in Michigan, and they are outside all year long. The only shelter they have are plastic barrels. The birds I have are very hearty once mature. They are however very fragile chicks, and take forever to grow. You have to give them extra care as chicks to keep them dry, and separate from other, faster growing fowl.