I have searched & searched: Bantam/Small leghorn cross eggs, will chick grow to size?

[ChickensAndYoga]

They are definitely mid-sized. Smaller than my full size chicks, but larger than the bantams. These weren't my eggs, but we do have a bantam rooster in with large fowl pullet/hens, so far he does pretty well. I only have one hen whose eggs aren't fertile when I crack them!

That gives me hope for my Sebright who's in my other coop

 

[ChickensAndYoga]

I'll be interested to see how this turns out.

I don't suspect they will hatch early, unless your temperature is on the high side. I think day 15-18ish will give you more answers when you candle. If you see lots of clear fluid still in the pointy end of the egg, if the chick doesn't populate the entire egg, it could hatch very gooey. Usually that goo will dry super hard and brittle, so that would be my biggest concern. Watch the eyes, beak, and head especially, and get it cleaned off pronto. Your concern of possibly drowning is also valid, I think you'll know more when it gets close to hatch time.
If that time comes, and the chick still looks very small, you could consider hatching it in the upright position. Those seem to survive without drowning a little more, I believe (I've never personally hatched any upright)

Congrats to the little roo for hitting the mark! That's why its usually the other way around... bantam roosters have a harder time with their...um...um.... positioning.

Thank you so much for this! I will definitely keep an eye on that and I have cartons if I need to put them upright although I never have before lol

Size difference with him and her isn't too much. Heres a pic. None of the babies are theirs. He literally has raised about 6 hatches now. Him and the leghorn, for whatever reason, I can put all of my 1 or 2 week old hatches in with them and they raise them. Dan is even known to sit on them at night

 

[ChickensAndYoga]

 

[KikiLeigh02]

Aww, what a sweet photo! My kids don't share french fries. They do look pretty close in size!

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[ChickensAndYoga]

Aww, what a sweet photo! My kids don't share french fries. They do look pretty close in size!

Neither do I! Lol She loves to take food out to them lol

I always wondered if Marilyn is a flukes bantam. Shes so tiny but lays a bigger egg. I have no idea as I got her on a trade for two chicks last year

 

[WVduckchick]

Adorable pic!!

I think roosters do much better with babies when they are raised in the pens with them from the beginning. They feed the girls and teach the boys. I do a lot of incubating, but I let my broody hens raise additions to my flocks, and I usually sell any that i hatch in incubators.

 

[ChickensAndYoga]

Adorable pic!!

I think roosters do much better with babies when they are raised in the pens with them from the beginning. They feed the girls and teach the boys. I do a lot of incubating, but I let my broody hens raise additions to my flocks, and I usually sell any that i hatch in incubators.

I *try* to get everyone sold by 8 weeks. Crosses I know well I sell at a day etc. New ones I test out I like to wait and see if I'll keep them lol The 3 in that pic are my scragglers. The two barred are roosters and cant give them away right now .The white one though was the last egg of a hen we lost to a predator. Pulled it out of the fridge and it hatched! This will be the longest 8-10 days ever. I really want to see how these chicks turn out lol

 

[KikiLeigh02]

Here you go! Small, Medium, and X-tra large. Sorry, I accidently grabbed a Bielefelder. They are huge! The small is an Old English Game Bantam.

 

[ChickensAndYoga]

Here you go! Small, Medium, and X-tra large. Sorry, I accidently grabbed a Bielefelder. They are huge! The small is an Old English Game Bantam.

They're gorgeous!!!

 

[ChickensAndYoga]

Update: I only candle these 2 out of the 6. I only touch the light to the others. Everyone seems to be going good! I feel like these two look close in age. Closer than they are.