Ihave kept and loved chickens since I was a boy. Growing up in the suburbs on the edge of a large city, through necessity, much of my early poultry-keeping exploits were solely limited to raising bantams, a type of chicken just like full-size breeds but only1 ⁄5 to1 ⁄4 the size.
In those far-off days, pocket money only went so far. Fortunately for me, I quickly discovered that bantams were the most economical fowl to keep. They required less food and smaller (cheaper) housing, and they produced more than enough eggs to satisfy our household.