did my bantam rooster breed my leghorns?

[Isabella6Storm4]

Like, is that even possible? 3/4 of my white chicks that I had hatch are WAY smaller than the others. are they runts or just small because they're leghorns or did Wingding fit on the Leghorn hens?

they're all the same age and Wingding my little roo was out for a couple weeks with mainly the leghorns.

 

[sourland]

What other rooster do you have? For sure those are not pure bred Leghorns.

 

[gimmie birdies]

Roosters chicks are bigger then hen chicks, and as they grow they keep getting bigger, because they bump hens away from feed bowls.

 

[Isabella6Storm4]

What other rooster do you have? For sure those are not pure bred Leghorns.

The only other rooster that is breeding age that I have is a very large Australorp/Lavender Orpington mix

 

[Isabella6Storm4]

Roosters chicks are bigger then hen chicks, and as they grow they keep getting bigger, because they bump hens away from feed bowls.

that what i thought but in the first picture, both the chicks seem to have the same level of feather and comb development

 

[fluffycrow]

It's very possible for a bantam rooster to breed LF hens. What breed is the bantam rooster?

 

[Isabella6Storm4]

It's very possible for a bantam rooster to breed LF hens. What breed is the bantam rooster?

im not sure
i made a thread about him a while ago
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...s-little-guy-and-will-he-stay-little.1578477/
and no one knew
here are some updated pictures
the hen on the right is 3 months old

 

[fluffycrow]

I'd say it's possible. Leghorns aren't too big themselves

 

[Pampered chicken girl]

Probably wingding, my bantam rooster used to mate all my full size hens with no problems

 

[NatJ]

Like, is that even possible? 3/4 of my white chicks that I had hatch are WAY smaller than the others. are they runts or just small because they're leghorns or did Wingding fit on the Leghorn hens?
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they're all the same age and Wingding my little roo was out for a couple weeks with mainly the leghorns.

Do some of the chicks have different mothers than others? I think the bantam rooster probably is the father of some of them, but different mothers might also explain some of the size differences.