Bantam Rooster+Standard Hen=?

[sunny & the 5 egg layers]

I have 6 hens, 2 black australorps, 2 dark brahmas and 2 production reds (All standards/large fowl). If I was to add a bantam Golden Sebright Rooster to my flock, would the chicks be bantams, or standards?

 

[nunlef]

Hi, I've been looking at a similar situation, and from what I can tell, you would get about 25% bantam-ish, 50% halfway, and 25% almost standard. So my conclusion would be that they are all somewhere in the middle, and some will be closer to one or the other. I know it's not much help, but I haven't seen any actual statistics, and I haven't done it (yet) myself. I can let you know in September, though . I will be putting a bantam Cochin over standard columbian rocks, and hoping for fertility.

The only worry I would have with the seabright is that you have rather large standards with a sort of small bantam, umm, fertility may not be as guaranteed as 2 chickens closer in size.

 

[TAMMACLEAN]

I have been wondering this same thing. I have 4 Bantam roosters, 2 Bantam hens, & 16 "regular" size hens. Not really sure how this is going to work out......

 

[MamaMarcy]

the ones I've hatched have all been medium sized.

 

[sunny & the 5 egg layers]

Thank you everyone. My sebright is almost 11 weeks old, and he started crowing this morning. If we decided to keep him, he wouldn't be with the girls until about 5 more weeks.

Hi, I've been looking at a similar situation, and from what I can tell, you would get about 25% bantam-ish, 50% halfway, and 25% almost standard. So my conclusion would be that they are all somewhere in the middle, and some will be closer to one or the other. I know it's not much help, but I haven't seen any actual statistics, and I haven't done it (yet) myself. I can let you know in September, though

. I will be putting a bantam Cochin over standard columbian rocks, and hoping for fertility.
The only worry I would have with the seabright is that you have rather large standards with a sort of small bantam, umm, fertility may not be as guaranteed as 2 chickens closer in size.

I thought about that too...

 

[clucknpeck]

I did t know bantam roosters could get up to standard hens to mate....
I am trying to decide what rooster/roosters to keep and i have both standard and bantams. Is there pros to bantam roosters over standard?

 

[sunny & the 5 egg layers]

I did t know bantam roosters could get up to standard hens to mate....
I am trying to decide what rooster/roosters to keep and i have both standard and bantams. Is there pros to bantam roosters over standard?

Where there's a will, theres a way!

 

[nunlef]

I did t know bantam roosters could get up to standard hens to mate....
I am trying to decide what rooster/roosters to keep and i have both standard and bantams. Is there pros to bantam roosters over standard?

For my family, we have had 2 roosters that went after people. My children are so afraid of Roos now, I thought getting a smaller one would help let them overcome some issues. My personal goal is to have a smallish (3-4 pound) chicken that lays well and is docile, hence the mixing of bantam and standard. I'm sure everyone who tries has a different reason.