Breeding confusion

[guinealeghorn]

Hi! I have some BB red bantam roos. They have been trying to mate with my standard size white leghorn hens. I was wondering, if I hatch some leghorn eggs, assuming they ate fertile, what will they be? Will they be standatd like the mom, or bantam like the dad?

 

[Poultrybreeder]

I have discovered from breeding bantam to standard they are usually a combo of the two. For example, I bred a 1 1/2 OEGB pound rooster to a 4 pound hen, the roosters were about 3 pounds, and the hens were about 2 pounds. I would try hatching some of these eggs if you want to, you might get some pretty cool chickens!

 

[guinealeghorn]

Cool! Thanks for the info, I probably will incubate some Bantam eggs!

 

[Poultrybreeder]

If you do, keep me posted!

 

[guinealeghorn]

I'll post pics of the chicks if I decide to hatch some. Here are some pics of the breeds in question:

 

[Poultrybreeder]

all of them up to the last one look like OEGBs, that last one looks like a mixed breed

 

[Poultrybreeder]

No problem

 

[guinealeghorn]

I am not 100% sure if they are OEGBs or not, so he could be mixed breeds. We got them from an auction.

 

[guinealeghorn]

The two closed ups are of Ignis and George. George is above Ignis.

 

[Poultrybreeder]

One of them looks like it could be a white Leghorn bantam, I'm sure that flock is OEGB though, I raise OEGB, I have for about 8 years now