Breeding Question

[lg2006]

Hey guys!
I have a flock of 9 currently
- 2 Welsummer
- 2 Crested Leghorns
- 1 Brahama
1- Cuckcoo Maran
- 1 Frizzle Bantam Rooster
- 1 Bantam Cochin
- 1 Supposed Buff Orpington but she is small so probably not true

My question is.. my Cukcoo Maran has gone broody and I am trying to decide between letting her try and hatch or discouraging her behavior. Will she be able to have fertile eggs if the rooster is bantam? Anything I should be worried about with the cross breeding ( if it is even possible) ?

 

[orrpeople]

I would check other eggs for fertility, from the same flock. Check for the "bullseye" in the blastocyst. This will let you know if your little bantam boy has been doing his job.

 

[sylviethecochin]

x2

Though I admit, that if I knew any chicks were going to be half bantam cochin, half large fowl layer, I probably wouldn't hatch them. I love my cochin banties, but I wouldn't want to deal with both the resulting roosters and with small, inefficient egg layers that are constantly broody.

 

[lg2006]

x2

Though I admit, that if I knew any chicks were going to be half bantam cochin, half large fowl layer, I probably wouldn't hatch them. I love my cochin banties, but I wouldn't want to deal with both the resulting roosters and with small, inefficient egg layers that are constantly broody.

That was super helpful! Thank you for the picture and the info. I had not thought about it like that.