bantam/standard cross = medium???

[johnnalei]

Can you cross a bantam w/a standard chicken? If so, what do you get, something halfway between the two in size? Just curious

 

[faykokoWV]

good question, Bantam daddy or Bantam hen??
I'm curious to know what people say

 

[johnnalei]

I don't know, it's just a question out of curiosity, no eggs or chicks involved. How about a bantam rooster and standard hen?

 

[faykokoWV]

I hope someone answers this.

 

[jqs birds]

As I understand it the bantam gene is dominant. So yoiu would get bantams witht the first cross.

 

[17roses]

Wow, I hope someone knows the answer. I kind of have that situation.

 

[lisahaschickens]

so is that how it works... the bantam gene makes bantam chickens and without it you get large chickens... there is no in between?

 

[johnnalei]

My internet search turned up nothing. If anyone knows how it works, I'm very interested. I would find it really interesting if a cross only made one or the other. My guess was that it would be like a dog, cross a big one w/a small one and you get a medium one

 

[Mahonri]

Someone here has to know... We had OEGB roos that took care of standard size hens when I was a kid but I don't remember the size of the offspring.

 

[lisahaschickens]

my guess would be medium too, like a dog or a horse or a person (that's what usually happens anyway with those animals).... but I know nothing about breeding chickens.