New to Bantams

[SAMnELLA]

How old are they? They look like cockerels to me

They are about 10 weeks.

 

[Theladiesandagentleman]

My Belgian D'uccle began crowing at eight weeks. His comb was also red very early.

 

[Little Jerry Seinfeld]

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Nice roos, that one- he's a spangled old english game. I have one too, mine is only 5 or 6 weeks old and crowing away! And feisty, Even though I have several other young cockerals (that are two or even three times bigger than he is), in the same pen, they don't seem to care that he crows so much.

 

[SAMnELLA]

Well, they definitely are both roosters. The other one is crowing now. So that's the last time I'll buy out of a straight run....all roosters. So I have a silly question....will a Bantam rooster breed with a standard sized hen ?

 

[Little Jerry Seinfeld]

Well, they definitely are both roosters. The other one is crowing now. So that's the last time I'll buy out of a straight run....all roosters. So I have a silly question....will a Bantam rooster breed with a standard sized hen ?

Yup, I'm planning to use my frizzle cochin bantam to see what I can get with some of big chickens when he's big enough.
The straight run bantams have good odds because they don't usually sell bantams sexed, so it was just the odds that you got two roos.

 

[TheTwoRoos]

They mature fast,but grow super slow.Pullets fetahers fast but it takes their second year to get full size from experience with my Cochins.

 

[Little Jerry Seinfeld]

They mature fast,but grow super slow.Pullets fetahers fast but it takes their second year to get full size from experience with my Cochins.

Yeah they've suprised me about that! my little roos that crowed so young, are already about 2.5 months old but so so tiny! Especially the old english games. The hens are considerably bigger than the roos.