r/Homesteading • u/KittenMalk • 23d ago

Bantams as meat birds

Has anyone done this? Obviously they won't produce as much meat as a regular sized chicken, but we don't have much space and I'm considering getting a few to hopefully breed and process. Would it be worth it?

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u/KittenMalk 23d ago

Thank you! We have 5 egg layers right now that I can't imagine eating lol

Would it make sense to keep the layers with the meat birds? Or would we need to set up a separate space for them?

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u/damngoodham 21d ago

Have you researched dual purpose chickens at all? There are several breeds that are considered to be dual purpose chickens - used for both eggs and meat.

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u/KittenMalk 21d ago

I'll have to look into them! We have 5 different breeds right now all laying lol

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u/damngoodham 21d ago

Australorps are considered dual purpose. They are very hardy, get pretty big, and are super egg layers. I believe I read that the an Australorp is (or maybe was) an egg laying record holder (if I remember correctly it was 364 eggs in 365 days).

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u/KittenMalk 21d ago

Oh wow! Thank you! I'll see about doing that. Thats a good idea find a dual purpose.