Best BANTAM breeds for egg laying?

[Coop deGrace]

Hopefully this is the right sub-forum for this. With feed and bedding prices going through the roof, I would like to go in the direction of bantam breeds instead of full-sized fowl. I enjoy having the chickens around and enjoy "interesting" chickens rather than the typical plain white or red layer. but don't want to feed the larger heritage breeds anymore. There are a lot of different bantam breeds I like, so I thought I'd try to get some first-hand info on whether certain bantam breeds lay better than others. I don't actually need a huge overabundance of eggs as there would be only one or two people eating them a couple of times a week, but I don't want to get a breed that is in the lowest egg-laying demographic either. Not really interested in quail or other alternatives, just bantam chickens.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I don't know how often they lay, but maybe sebrights? They don't normally go broody so you'd have plenty of eggs and they'll always take any you decide to feed back to them

 

[HappyClucker7]

My D'Uccles lay a lot. So does my cochin.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Bantam EEs are another option. They lay different colors too, so you could theoretically have different egg colors in your basket

 

[MysteryChicken]

OEGBs, D'uccles, & Silkies are great layers, but each can be broody, the Silkie much more so.

 

[Weeg]

I have a Red Laced White Cornish, a Gray Japanese, Silkie mix, and two Serama hens. I usually get about 3-4 small eggs a day. I think they lay about every other day, they're consistent layers. 2 bantam eggs = about 1 normal egg in my opinion.

 

[Coop deGrace]

Bantam EEs are another option. They lay different colors too, so you could theoretically have different egg colors in your basket

I've been doing some reading and keep coming across the "bantam easter eggers". What exactly are they? They are talked about like they are a breed, but in large fowl, easter eggers are just various crosses that produce different colored eggs. What kind of bantam breeds would be crossed to produce bantam easter eggers? I assume then that there must be bantam breeds that lay blue eggs also?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I've been doing some reading and keep coming across the "bantam easter eggers". What exactly are they? They are talked about like they are a breed, but in large fowl, easter eggers are just various crosses that produce different colored eggs. What kind of bantam breeds would be crossed to produce bantam easter eggers? I assume then that there must be bantam breeds that lay blue eggs also?

There are bantam araucanas as a last resort to get the blue colored eggs. Think there are also bantam Ameraucanas too. Those would make more sense