Standard rooster breeding with smaller breeds

Kadjain

Songster
8 Years
Oct 28, 2011
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Tehama, Nor Cal (way nor)
I have 6 O.E. bantam / b. brahma cross hens with a flock of standard hens and a standard roo. They are not full size but they are definitely not bantam either. Just mid size hens. I got them in hopes of them being claimed by my bantam Amer. roo, which did happen and I was totally happy that things went as I wanted them to.
Anyway my question is just a question. What would happen if you tried to hatch eggs that were fertilized by a standard roo and a half bantam hen? Would the chicks get too big for the egg shell size or could they hatch?
 
Oh, I forgot one of the hens is a Silky / B. Brahma cross, not O.E. cross. She is more standard size and sitting on 13 eggs right now (surprise! I found under a hen house). I'm almost positive it was my bantam roo who fertilized the crosses, but I can't be totally sure that the other standard roo isn't jumping on one when I'm not around. The standard roo has a ton of his own hens who he services daily.

Thanks
 
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