Poultry
Bantam
B tier
Bantam eggs come from miniature chicken breeds and are roughly half to two-thirds the size of standard large eggs, with full chicken-egg flavour in a petite package. They suit children’s portions, elegant breakfast plates, and recipes where smaller units help with portion control. Use two bantams to replace one large chicken egg by volume as a rough guide, or weigh for baking. Shells may be white, brown, or tinted depending on breed.
Also known as: Bantam egg, Mini chicken egg
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History
Bantam fowl were kept for ornament and small utility eggs in Europe and Asia.
Bantam standards spread among fanciers who also ate the eggs.
Backyard bantams supplied households with petite eggs.
Café menus occasionally featured bantam eggs as a novelty breakfast.