Eggs and breeding

[Chuckkeeper]

Cool! Your RIR looked close to laying. (The girl in a diff. thread.)

Not the boy I rehomed earlier this week
Here she is ?

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Not the boy I rehomed earlier this week
Here she is ?
View attachment 2376633

Her. Yup.

 

[Chuckkeeper]

Her. Yup.

Exciting. This might be a silly question... Will my bantam boy mate any of my large fowl eg jubilee orp, rir, or is it likely that I'll only get fertile eggs from breeds like bantam and gold lace polish etc?

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Exciting. This might be a silly question... Will my bantam boy mate any of my large fowl eg jubilee orp, rir, or is it likely that I'll only get fertile eggs from breeds like bantam and gold lace polish etc?

He’ll try to mate with them all.

 

[Chuckkeeper]

He’ll try to mate with them all.

And in terms of likely success...?

 

[TheOddOneOut]

And in terms of likely success...?

Eh. You’ll have to see. Probably less success, but you’ll get some fertility.

 

[Chuckkeeper]

Eh. You’ll have to see. Probably less success, but you’ll get some fertility.

Some is good as I'd like to incubate my own eggs at some point but only for the one roo

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Some is good as I'd like to incubate my own eggs at some point but only for the one roo

Yeah, sounds good.

 

[Chuckkeeper]

Ok: female offspring of this cross will look like this.View attachment 2376496

Would this just be called a pekin bantam / gold lace polish cross?

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Would this just be called a pekin bantam / gold lace polish cross?

Yes