can a bantam and a standerd chicken mate? and could the eggs hatch???

[millersdawn616]

hey i have bantam babbys and a buff orpington rooster (and possibly other rooster but there not big enough to tell yet) i was wondering can they mate? and can thos eggs hatch? ive heard people say "silkie hybrid" and that there good sitters. is a "silkie hybrid" a crozz with a bantam silkie and like a standerd size chicken???
THANK YOU

 

[purelypoultry]

Yes, bantam sized chickens can mate with standard sized chickens. Their eggs will hatch if fertile just like all other fertile chicken eggs.

 

[sourland]

Yes, bantams and standards can breed and the eggs will be fertile and hatch, but a buff orpington rooster might seriously injure bantam hens during the mating process.

 

[muddyhorse]

where there is a will there is a way

I just hatched out a EE silkie cross it is too cute

 

[MysticScorpio82]

Yep they can

 

[millersdawn616]

hahahahahah thank you all!!!!! random question too, um if the bantam has fuzzy feet and the buff orpington dosnt, will the offspring have featherd feet to???

 

[millersdawn616]

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AWWWW DO YOU HAVE ANY PICTURES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[muddyhorse]

they will have partially feathered feet not a heavy as cochin to cochin, may only be down the legs. I have two LF cochins in with my lav orp so I hatch black fuzzy legged babies

 

[muddyhorse]

they will have partially feathered feet not a heavy as cochin to cochin, may only be down the legs. I have two LF cochins in with my lav orp so I hatch black fuzzy legged babies