Most breeds of bantams are excellent setters and can be used to hatch other hens eggs. Often putting a bantam in a cage with a clutch of eggs will "make" her go broody and she will set on the eggs.
Yes, silkie bantams do lay edible eggs that are similar in taste and nutritional value to standard chicken eggs. However, silkie bantam eggs are typically smaller than average chicken eggs.
Yes. The only difference between a bantam's egg and the standard chicken's egg is that they are about half the size.
There are bantams of just about every breed. Bantams are not just a single breed, bantams describe the size of the bird. There are bantam Cochin which lay brown eggs. Bantam silkies that lay white eggs and Bantam Americana's that lay green eggs. So the answer to your question is They lay White, Brown, green, blue, rose, lavender and various other shades of eggs.
Bantams is the nickname for Bradford City football club.
Palmetto FC Bantams was created in 2011.
Mutts. The size of silkies - arent truly bantams or large fowl.
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They are from China/Asia.
Silky bantams are small, friendly and clucky (meaning they sit on eggs to hatch them.) Smaller than other breeds of chickens, they are friendly and good with children. They will happily sit on and raise eggs that are not their own. Although, in some cases this can be more a hinderance than a help. The chickens are excellent mothers and both males and females are attractive and fluffy. The come in black and white, and are very cute pets for not only farmers, but suburban families.
It depends on what breed of chicken it is - normal laying hens lay about 150-200 eggs a year, but chickens like bantams and ornamental breeds lay about 80-120 eggs a year. Hybrid hens lay about 300 eggs a year! The record for most eggs laid in a year is 364. A day off for christmas?
They can lay up to an egg a day for a week. They may take a few days off before they start back. They produce small, very tasty eggs
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