Normal sized rooster and bantam hens

[BlackIce]

Sadly this afternoon, our bantam rooster put up a fight with a falcon but didn’t make it out. Thankfully he was the only one to be attacked. I was well looking forward to breeding him with the 3 bantam hens I have to hatch some mini chicks. Now, I have a RIR rooster that is NOT a bantam breed. I know that it is possible to successfully breed and hatch eggs between a bantam rooster and normal hens but I couldn’t find anything about the other way around. Can you breed a normal sized rooster with bantam hens and successfully hatch chicks? When you think about it, it doesn’t seem to be very possible but I wanted to double check. Thank you

 

[sourland]

Depending upon how small the hens are, there is a real possibility that he will injure them while attempting to mate.

 

[Broody Bist]

I agree with @sourland. It could work, but he could hurt the hens if they are a lot smaller than him. What breed are they? (The bantams)

 

[JedJackson]

Yeah, it depends on the breed and size of the bantam. Cochins or silkies would be fine, Seramas, not so much.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I would not run a standard breed rooster with bantam hens. The other way around works better.

 

[Broody Bist]

My rooster Barney is a full sized hybrid rooster, and he bred with my red cochin bantam Rosie (she is pretty big for a bantam though, always the first to the food ). Their chick is almost full grown now, he’s actually one of my prettiest chickens.
Cochin bantam size would be okay, anything smaller probably wouldn’t be a good idea.

 

[CannedMonster]

I have a large Naked Neck/Turken rooster that has been breeding my OEG bantam
She seems to handle it okay but occasionally she seems to have a limp.
It wasn’t my intention but my Silkie roo died.
I’m trying to find another bantam roo but I’m not really wanting to raise one from a chick because my NN roo is already claiming the bantam girls as his.
But if I bring in a mature bantam roo I’m afraid my NN and my Australorp cockerel will fight with him because he’s a stranger.

 

[QSCFT6]

Sadly this afternoon, our bantam rooster put up a fight with a falcon but didn’t make it out. Thankfully he was the only one to be attacked. I was well looking forward to breeding him with the 3 bantam hens I have to hatch some mini chicks. Now, I have a RIR rooster that is NOT a bantam breed. I know that it is possible to successfully breed and hatch eggs between a bantam rooster and normal hens but I couldn’t find anything about the other way around. Can you breed a normal sized rooster with bantam hens and successfully hatch chicks? When you think about it, it doesn’t seem to be very possible but I wanted to double check. Thank you

Well, I used Yokohama bantam rooster with normal Arabia hen and its worked

 

[QSCFT6]

Well, I used Yokohama bantam rooster with normal Arabia hen and its worked

But with big hen can’t work

 

[Shadrach]

I would be very hesitant about letting a full sized rooster loose on bantam hens.
The pressure on the hens legs when mating is considerable and tendon and muscle strain are a real possibility.
The other point is when the hen isn't interested in mating she can warn, or if necessary, fight off a male of her own breed and size.
Small men and big girls works better.