is my barred rock half bantam?

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I have a young barred rock who seems to have bantam in her. She is smaller than my other barred rock hen, faster, can fly, and has tail feathers like a bantam. Here are some pictures:
she is the one standing up


she is looking at the camera.
 
She looks pretty normal to me. Even birds within a breed often aren't quite the same size. Barred Rock bantams are about 1/4 the size of a large fowl Barred Rock.
 
They both look like normal Barred Rocks to me. Size varies even within a breed. The small one may simply be developing slower, or will always be smaller.
 

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