Bantam roosters with Standard hens?

[Arbutus Peregrine]

Hi,

I'm a crazy person with a rooster-designated coop/run, 8'x16', for eight Bantam cockerels. They are about eleven weeks now and I gotta keep them! I have another coop/run that is more square feet for their pullet cousins and my favorite cockerel. I've had them since they were two days old. Everyone gets a long really well. There were a few cockerels I was lucky enough to find homes for because they were troublemakers. Now things are calm.

I was thinking it would be nice to have some more egg layers (!) and wondered if I could put two or three standard (friendly breed) hens in with my Bantam boys. Could larger hens let those boys know to stay in line or would this just cause the boys to fight all the time? I'm guessing the latter!
Thanks!!

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Bantams seem to mate more often. I wouldn't just add a few hens to them boys. I have kept bantam roosters with standard hens, but definitely not at that ratio.

 

[AlleysChicks]

I had a bantam roo in with over a dozen standard hens. Like any single roo you need plenty of girls. And with that many boys you will see fighting over the hens and over breeding.

 

[Arbutus Peregrine]

Thanks! That's just what I was thinking but I wanted to double-check! Oh I wish there was a place for all the unwanted roosters!

 

[aart]

Oh I wish there was a place for all the unwanted roosters!

There is!

 

[jeepgirl13]

There is!

Your belly?

 

[Arbutus Peregrine]

Where is this place?!
And do people actually eat Bantams? Because everyone I suggest it to says they're way too small!

 

[Chickassan]

Do you have flea markets where you are? Cute "pet" bantam boys are super easy to sell especially near holidays when children are more apt to be shopping with their parents.

Thanks! That's just what I was thinking but I wanted to double-check! Oh I wish there was a place for all the unwanted roosters!

Yes people eat them, Latino and Asian communities love,love,love fresh ingredients big or small.
My neighbor's Latino yard men ask if I have extra guys every year for soup.

Where is this place?!
And do people actually eat Bantams? Because everyone I suggest it to says they're way too small!

 

[aart]

And do people actually eat Bantams? Because everyone I suggest it to says they're way too small!

Sure they do.
Silkies are a delicacy in some places.
People raise quail for meat.
Someone here recently told a story about and old Italian woman who ate sparrows.

 

[Arbutus Peregrine]

That's what I figured but I guess everyone recently has just been more into eating big birds! Thanks!