Do bantams interbreed with normal sized chickens

[Sunny Side Up]

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Genetics isn't always as neat & prescribed as a chart in a biology text. Sure, there is the dominant/recessive thing going on with some traits, where parents displaying dominant traits may have a certain percentage of children showing recessive ones. But then there are other traits where the genes are more blended, sort of. It's been a while since I studied that in school, so I can't explain it more precisely. But it's the reason for redheads and hazel eye color in humans, and medium-sized chickens when bantams & standard-sized birds mate. And Ma Nature works it out so that a large chick doesn't develop inside a bantam-sized egg, & vice-versa.

I have a handsome mid-sized roo whose father was my Brown Leghorn & mother was a bantam.

 

[birdsofthefarm]

So true
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Genetics isn't always as neat & prescribed as a chart in a biology text. Sure, there is the dominant/recessive thing going on with some traits, where parents displaying dominant traits may have a certain percentage of children showing recessive ones. But then there are other traits where the genes are more blended, sort of. It's been a while since I studied that in school, so I can't explain it more precisely. But it's the reason for redheads and hazel eye color in humans, and medium-sized chickens when bantams & standard-sized birds mate. And Ma Nature works it out so that a large chick doesn't develop inside a bantam-sized egg, & vice-versa.

I have a handsome mid-sized roo whose father was my Brown Leghorn & mother was a bantam.

 

[TXmom]

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Genetics isn't always as neat & prescribed as a chart in a biology text. Sure, there is the dominant/recessive thing going on with some traits, where parents displaying dominant traits may have a certain percentage of children showing recessive ones. But then there are other traits where the genes are more blended, sort of. It's been a while since I studied that in school, so I can't explain it more precisely. But it's the reason for redheads and hazel eye color in humans, and medium-sized chickens when bantams & standard-sized birds mate. And Ma Nature works it out so that a large chick doesn't develop inside a bantam-sized egg, & vice-versa.

I have a handsome mid-sized roo whose father was my Brown Leghorn & mother was a bantam.

I'm a "medium sized" offspring...taller than my short Mom and shorter than my tall Dad

As for the original question...my banty roos chase my poor standard-sized hens all over the yard...trying to do their thing. Every once in a while it seems like they're successful. As soon as I have a broody, I'll be hatching eggs to see what I get

 

[mayapooh]

I just had two Wyandotte/Belgian D'uccle bantam cross chicks hatch out. They are a lot bigger than their full Belgian hatchmate. So, we'll see if they end up as large as their Wyandotte mama.

 

[spotsplus]

LOL- I had a full sized and quite large Brahma young rooster (5 months) free ranging with my mixed group of banties. I saw him breeding my little sebright hen who is super broody. I had to let Brahma go to a friend because he started to crow ("they start to crow and they gotta go" is our motto here since we can't have roosters") and that little sebrights been looking for him for days crying loudly and looking. So yes- it can be done!

 

[Jonathanq1]

I have 2 eggs from a old english bantam hen from a Standard size Jerezano roo. I'll have to check the eggs to make sure they are fertile.

 

[birdsofthefarm]

Ehh... she isn't broody now

 

[Shadow920]

my cochin once tried to mate with my sebright. it was like a rottwieller vs a chihuahua. needless to say he was unsucessful. but it was funny to watch. he bit her neck feathers and lifted her right off the ground. she was unhurt except for maybe her dignity. lol

 

[JetCat]

my cochin once tried to mate with my sebright. it was like a rottwieller vs a chihuahua. needless to say he was unsucessful. but it was funny to watch. he bit her neck feathers and lifted her right off the ground. she was unhurt except for maybe her dignity.

I see it's a 6 yr old thread that's been revived but my little red Cochin rooster is consistently breeding large breed hens, i have many chicks that prove his success......

 

[Shadow920]

m cochin is a standard