broody 2 yr old bantam

[Tabuja007]

Our 2 yr old bantam just starting laying eggs this spring, bk in april. We have a standard white chicken who lays an egg everyday. About 4 days ago the bantam hen quit laying her eggs and are now laying on 3 of the standard eggs. We do have a bantam rooster as well, but not sure if the standard chickens eggs are fertilized. Is this normal?? Not sure what to do....

 

[Nocila]

Standard sized birds can be bred with bantam chickens, I've got two bantam roosters and one standard sized rooster (who I doubt is able to breed with anything... he kind of has a lot of issues...). I have two broody hens, and I think four of their eggs are standard sized. I believe all of the standard sized eggs are growing, so I would let the hen sit on those eggs, or, if you don't trust the eggs to be fertile/don't want to risk it, you could always get some hatching eggs off of craigslist.