ive never hatched any. Can 1 usually expect to have half roos and half pullets?There may be some fights at some point. The dominant rooster won't let the non-dominant mate with any of the pullets. Depending on the personalities, this can be a simple peck saying to leave the girls alone or can turn into an all out fight. Just watch for any problems, one of them may need to be removed.
Unfortunately, my cockerel problem will be much bigger if 1/2 of what I hatch are cockerels.
That is the general statistic, yes. Of course, you'd probably have to hatch a thousand eggs to get to that exact number. I've hatched 4 hatches so far. First hatch, out of 4, 1 was a cockerel. Second hatch, out of 6, 3 were cockerels. Third hatch, out of 4....well, to be honest I don't know yet (6 weeks old) but I suspect 2 are cockerels. This last hatch I have no idea, they are only a few weeks old. So, I'm a little under 50% so far.
I don't have any bantams yet, but I have some in my incubator. Their eggs are a little bit smaller (not much) than a standard brahma, which lays medium sized eggs. Can't say about their growth rate. My standard brahmas lay for 4 days, take a day off then lay for 4 days...etc, etc. However, I think it is dependent on age and breeding lines. They do tend to lay through the winter more than some other breeds. They are dual purpose, however, if you have a bantam, it probably won't provide much meat as they only get to about 2 lbs.
hi wh. Im not too sure about bantams but my lf brahmas are huge at 4 months old. My biggest roo can tap the door knob with his beak. I would figure the bantams would be alot larger than most other bantams. Idk for sure tho. Im kinda new.
We are in OEGB country here too............
Lol I'm wondering if a bantam brahma turns out to be the same size as a standard leghorn. But 2 lbs sounds pretty small.
