Ooooh too late I went to his website.I'm glad you said that because I thought it was a problem on my end! No problem on my phone viewing it, oddly. A Bantam Australorp sounds pretty amazing.
June would be the perfect time as that's when our current babies will be well into the coop (if we ever finish it...) and we'll be vacationed enough from messy 'brooder in living room' shenanigans to think having more chicks is a good idea.
I think bantams are adorable and sized a bit better for suburban living. Maybe also a little bit scared of the larger standard breeds (oh man, we saw a this enormous Wyandotte on a farm that seemed like a feathered T-rex), or at least the size of their poops. But I would like at least semi-regular egg-laying because I love eggs and as bribes to keep our neighbors happy. So I was thinking of useful but still cute bantams/smaller breeds! Probably not for eating unless there's a particularly mean one.
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There are a few breeds that tend to be smaller, I would say Ameraucana and EEs and especially Swedish Flower Hen which lays a big egg but isn't a big bird. Barnevelders would be very nice for an urban setting, very calm and generally quiet with huge eggs. They are certainly smaller than an Orpingtons or Wyandottes of the same quality. Yep, you just have to go to the show in June, no doubt about it!
@Manningjw I'm thinking yours are on the smaller side, too. Is that true, compared to Wyandottes?