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Are bantam chickens good egg layers?

Updated: 10/6/2023
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Egg quantities differ depending on what bantam species lays them but the eggs are much smaller than a standard size chicken. A bantam Silkie will lay well below average when compared to a Rhode Island Red

Bantam is reference to size not an individual breed.

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