Can this rooster do his job?

[Crazy_Rooster]

Hi.I was thinking of crossing my bantam cochin rooster with some brahma.Can he breed the girls because the hens are like 5 times bigger than him?

 

[Ebony Rose]

I'd sooner see a banty over a brahma than the other way around. You won't know their fertility rates until/unless someone goes broody or you incubate some of the eggs a couple of weeks after you know they're successfully mating. Unlike ducks, chickens don't insert a penis into the hens, rather he sprays his semen on the hen, so... sounds like a good experiment to me

 

[kaythlin]

totally could work, and even if it doesn't as long as you keep a good eye on them (just in case the hen wants to get aggressive) there's really no harm in trying.

 

[Crazy_Rooster]

totally could work, and even if it doesn't as long as you keep a good eye on them (just in case the hen wants to get aggressive) there's really no harm in trying.

i say he is very aggressive, when he got in my neighbor's coop of chickens he said that my rooster beat the crap of his rooster

 

[Crazy_Rooster]

I'd sooner see a banty over a brahma than the other way around. You won't know their fertility rates until/unless someone goes broody or you incubate some of the eggs a couple of weeks after you know they're successfully mating. Unlike ducks, chickens don't insert a penis into the hens, rather he sprays his semen on the hen, so... sounds like a good experiment to me

I saw him get in top of the brahmas but i wasnt thinking that he can fertilize them because i was thinking that they breed like ducks.I want to try this experiment because in my country doesnt exist bantam brahams so i was thinking to make my own

 

[kaythlin]

i say he is very aggressive, when he got in my neighbor's coop of chickens he said that my rooster beat the crap of his rooster

since he's small I'm sure that will help his case
I wouldn't really be worried about the rooster being aggressive since he's small but do watch the hens... I have a very aggressive hen that won't hurt me but sure beats up all our roosters and won't let them breed and they are bigger than her!
so id just watch out for the safety of the smaller one

 

[Mihai]

idk but welcome to BYC

 

[R2elk]

Unlike ducks, chickens don't insert a penis into the hens, rather he sprays his semen on the hen, so... sounds like a good experiment to me

Chickens do what is called a cloacal kiss. The rooster does not spray his semen on the hen.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Chihuahua x Great Dane ..... be sure and post pics of the resulting chicks, could be interesting. Wonder why nobody ever tried it before? Or do they exist, just in different countries?

 

[Crazy_Rooster]

Chickens do what is called a cloacal kiss. The rooster does not spray his semen on the hen.

My question is:Can he do his job?