Mixing bantams with Standards?

[Varglet]

I have a sebright bantam and d'Uccles all the way up to a BBW turkey hen together and they get along just fine. Run/housing size also plays a factor. I have silkies and polish as well, for those with "sight problems".

 

[Angie16hearts]

Has any one had problems with a standard rooster mating with bantams? Yesterday after almost a year of free ranging together my EE Roo jumped my mille Fluer . She's small no more then 8 oz tops! I don't want him to hurt her. Is this normal?

He does have 6 standard hens and one who is raising her chicks .

 

[Varglet]

Perfectly normal. If you don't want him to hurt her, you'll have to separate them. None of my little girls have gotten hurt from the big boys mating them. But my dominant roo is medium size and he keeps some roosters from mating or stops them in the process.

 

[Angie16hearts]

Perfectly normal. If you don't want him to hurt her, you'll have to separate them. None of my little girls have gotten hurt from the big boys mating them. But my dominant roo is medium size and he keeps some roosters from mating or stops them in the process.

Thank you! She's my favorite by far! Also the smartest! I'm assuming she will fly away if needed. It just scared me, I let him try 2x with No success think she's just to small but you never know . I did crack one of her eggs open last week and was wondering why it was fertile. I keep them in seperate coops but they free range together. He's obviously done it before with out me noticing. She keeps really closeti me when I'm out with them. I guess I'll let nature take it's course . Wonder what kinda chicks would come out of them two ? I have a OEG who likes To go broody !!

has anyone on this thread hatched chicks with a standard Roo and a bantam?

 

[Varglet]

Since my flock is all together, all of the bantam eggs I hatch out have the possibility of the roo being a standard. Or all the standard size eggs have the possibility of the roo being a bantam.

And of course bantam to bantam and standard to standard.

 

[poultry bro]

Don't worry at all about this my mottled houdan is a standard and he mated with my buff cochin bantam and produced a chick and she looks like a bantam.

 

[Angie16hearts]

Since my flock is all together, all of the bantam eggs I hatch out have the possibility of the roo being a standard. Or all the standard size eggs have the possibility of the roo being a bantam.

And of course bantam to bantam and standard to standard.

Don't worry at all about this my mottled houdan is a standard and he mated with my buff cochin bantam and produced a chick and she looks like a bantam.

Ok, I feel much better! Maybe my broody can give me some Intresting chicks

 

[Angie16hearts]

Thank you!!

 

[poultry bro]

Ok yall I know this is late but today I saw something bizarre my largest breed of chicken is the black jersey giant which is also the worlds largest breed and my smallest breed is the black rose comb bantam and today my BJG rooster Rex mated with my rose comb bantam Rosie he weighs about 13 pounds and she is only a few ounces!!!! I thought she was going to die but she took it like a ...hen? Anyway just something to add I thought it was crazy my Mom and me where talking recently about how we don't have a rooster small enough to mate her.

 

[Zcruzer]

Mostly yes but you never know for certain