bantam x large fowl-size help please

[klf73]

If I took a bantam roo and put him over Lf hens, what size would they hatch(if he could do the deed)? How many generations to get size back if bred back to Lf birds? thanks for the help

 

[Poulets De Cajun]

I would think you would have to AI, and the chicks size would be dependent on which parent they took after.

 

[klf73]

so it is one or the other? no in between? so the offspring are either LF or bantam? thanks for the help.....I have never done AI, I know you posted something about it before...

 

[Henk69]

No...
Bantam genes are part sexlinked so a bantam rooster would be best to breed bantam offspring.
But still/in most cases the size will be in between, also due to hybrid vigor.
I got from bantam to LF in 2 generations!

 

[Poulets De Cajun]

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