my grandpa bought me a Bantam hen and a bantam rooster. they basically had the run of the yard... a very big area, but they always came home in the evening, I use to get these tiny little eggs, which were actually quite tasty, but you had to eat a dozen of them to make a meal! We let the hen hatch one egg, and the chick was a cute little bugger, but didn't survive... We never let her hatch any after that, too depressing.