Standard hen with bantam EE rooster

[chickiemama27]

We have a bantam Easter egger rooster, who has mated with a variety of standard chickens. Does anyone know the size tendency of the babies? Would they lean more standard or more bantam?

 

[sourland]

In my experience they have matured midway between the size of their parents.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

I agree, though I do have one silkie cross that looks like she will be the same size as her standard mother, if not bigger.

 

[NatJ]

We have a bantam Easter egger rooster, who has mated with a variety of standard chickens. Does anyone know the size tendency of the babies? Would they lean more standard or more bantam?

Hatching size: standard from standard eggs, bantam from bantam size (because the egg determines the size of chick at hatch.)

Mature size: probably midway between the sizes of the parents, but you could get a few as small as their bantam father or even larger than their standard sized mothers.

 

[chickiemama27]

Hatching size: standard from standard eggs, bantam from bantam size (because the egg determines the size of chick at hatch.)

Mature size: probably midway between the sizes of the parents, but you could get a few as small as their bantam father or even larger than their standard sized mothers.

I had no idea they could be as big! This will be fun

 

[NatJ]

I had no idea they could be as big! This will be fun

When you cross two standard sized chickens, it's fairly common for the chicks to grow larger than either parent. And I read of someone who crossed two breeds of bantams and got standard-sized offspring.

There are several genes that control size, and certainly can get some odd effects sometimes!

I agree, it will be fun to see what your results are! Middle-sized chickens are most likely, but they are certainly not guaranteed