Can standards throw bantams?

[Anika Bren]

Has anybody ever seen a standard cockerel bred to a standard hen throw bantams?
I have five pullets by my standard red Dorking cockerel out of a standard red Dorking hen that at 6 weeks old are about half the size than other standard Dorking chicks.

Any ideas?

 

[danischi24]

It happens. It might be a freak occurrence or some of your birds might be carrying a gene for it.

 

[edgarmongold]

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In Marans there are some strains that throw intermediate sized offspring, about half the size of the large fowl parents.

 

[TK Poultry]

Some lines of Mallard ducks throw midgets...

 

[chickendales]

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they might breed in bantam dorkings to make there standards typey and the pair ur breeeding togeather both carry it