Standard Roo over Bantam Hen

[RobandSue2]

i have a standard rooster that mates with my Bantam hens....we had a girl go broody so we set some of the eggs and sure enough they are fertile. Has anyone done these crosses? What have been your results?

 

[SunHwaKwon]

It's generally not recommended since that typically presides a medium size chick and the egg is small. The other way around is done and I've done it many times. What breeds are your birds? A bantam Brahma is much bigger than a Sebright so just saying bantam doesn't say a lot. The same with a Hamburg v Jersey giant for large fowl

 

[RobandSue2]

It is a Buff Cochin Bantam hen with an Ameraucana Rooster....so perhaps terminate now?

 

[Egghead_Jr]

Do you think the egg size will be large enough to support the larger developing chick is the question. Take a small bird like Jaerhorn, it lays a medium to large egg so could easily hatch out a cross to large bird.

 

[mymilliefleur]

I have hatched some LF X Bantam chicks in the past (unintentional). They turn out to be basically bantam size (maybe a little bigger) and lay a medium size egg.
You may end up with some EE bantams out of that cross. I had a hen hatch some eggs that were from a d'Uccle/game hen crossed with a LF EE cockerel. All the pullets laid little blue eggs.

 

[chickens really]

They grow to accommodate the egg....
No issues......The eggs will hatch......

 

[chickens really]

I have a huge Brahma and a Silkie cross Hen...He has never bred her because she is way too fast for his advances..I do use her to Brood though ......Currently she is setting 7 eggs....

 

[RobandSue2]

The day i discovered broodiness was a great day....unbelievable ease....
This is my 4th Cochin bantam that has gone broody this spring/summer....its been great
Thanks for the remarks...hoping I have an interesting cross then...

 

[DurangoChickens]

I have a dutch bantam hen that has gone broody and I was going to let her set her own eggs, my rooster is a Yokohama, those hens lay eggs that are not much bigger than the dutch bantams... do you think this would work out?