Bantam X Large fowl

[Ian0823]

I crossed my bantam game hen with neighbour's lf necked neck mix rooster. But I got a cockerel which is not even the half size of that rooster, looks like game bantam rooster. The only thing he got from his father is feather colour he looks exactly the same .
His offspring will be smaller or bigger than bantam size if he crossed with a bantam hen
Any advice or information will greatly help

 

[sourland]

Are you certain that another rooster did not mate your hen ? Mated to a bantam hen it is unlikely that any young will mature larger than him.

 

[Willow2253]

Are you asking if your little cockerel will have bantam sized offspring if crossed back to bantams? Because the answer to that is most likely yes. Crossing the large fowl rooster with bantam hens will also likely continue producing bantam offspring.
I have a bantam rooster that when crossed with large fowl hens has produced babies that were no bigger than the bantam parent.

 

[Ian0823]

Are you asking if your little cockerel will have bantam sized offspring if crossed back to bantams? Because the answer to that is most likely yes. Crossing the large fowl rooster with bantam hens will also likely continue producing bantam offspring.
I have a bantam rooster that when crossed with large fowl hens has produced babies that were no bigger than the bantam parent.

I have heard that large rooster x bantam hen will have pullets bigger than hen and cockerel smaller than lf rooster
Isnt this true ?

 

[NatJ]

They have always raised lf chickens
But all chickens had same feather colouring till now
Some had bare neck some hadnt thats why I said naked neck mix
Even all hens were huge about thrice of my banty hen

Then I agree that we would not expect the rooster to have bantam genes.

So yes, I would expect the chicks to grow up in-between the parents for size, but apparently yours isn't.

Since your cockerel is small, then crossing him to a bantam hen will probably produce offspring that are small too.

 

[Ian0823]

So yes, I would expect the chicks to grow up in-between the parents for size,

I am actually happy that his offspring wont be smaller than his mother
His offsprings ( actuallly pullets ) will be little less broody and be their eggs will be bit bigger
All my hens are super broody normally hatches 3-4 batches per year
And just lays 10 or 12 and go broody ( so no eggs to eat )

 

[NatJ]

What do you think when will he grow into full size

Most likely between the size of the mother and the size of the father.

 

[NatJ]

If his future daughter will be bigger than his bantam mother even with a few inches and few grams I will be happy

Because I dont want a pullet even smaller than what I have now

If the current half-bantam rooster is bigger than the bantams, his chicks might also be bigger than the bantams.

He will pass half of his genes to each chick. If he passes on the not-bantam half, some of his chicks could grow to be as large as he is. If he passes on just the bantam-half of his genes, then his chicks will be bantam size. Most likely, he will pass on some big genes and some little ones, so most of his chicks will be smaller than he is but still a little larger than a pure bantam.

If you want bigger chickens, it could help if you buy a few bigger ones. Maybe pick a time when the bantam is sitting on eggs, and buy baby chicks to have her raise. Or buy one bigger rooster to cross to your hens.

But if you are not able to buy any bigger chickens, you should certainly be able to increase size a bit by crossing this rooster to your hens, and then choose the largest few of his daughters to cross back to him. If you have any of his sisters, definitely cross those to him--you might get some large-fowl sized birds from that.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Thats why his offspring is smaller than large fowl mother
So my bantam hen ( around 2lbs ) and lf rooster ( 7-8 lbs ) offspring wont be smaller than mother

What do you think ??
And Thanks for replies

No, actually even his mother is a Japanese bantam, the son is the same size as the small large fowl hen.

The daughter out of the small large fowl hen is smaller than her (about the size of a a large bantam)

 

[Ian0823]

If you have any of his sisters, definitely cross those to him-

He had 9 siblings but all died when they were 4-5weeks old ( fowl pox)

Thanks for your replies
It helped me a lot

I will try crossing bigger pullets with him

Again thank you all