Will a bantam rooster try to "pair up" with standard hens?

[hac1224]

I have a mixed flock of bantams and standards who are 5-6 weeks old, but my roos are all bantams. How likely will my standards be to accept a bantam roo if he tries?

 

[Camelot Farms]

Shouldnt be a problem. My 'main' roo is a silkie cross and my hens are all LF... BO's, SLW and GLW.
He gets the job done.

 

[gritsar]

If it looks like a hen, clucks like a hen and squats like a hen, he'll mate it.

 

[hac1224]

Thanks! So would offspring be in-between-sized or just random mixture?

 

[A.T. Hagan]

It can be quite a sight to see a bantam cockbird trying to have his way with a large fowl hen. I've got a Silkie rooster out in the hen yard that does occasionally score with the Buff O's, Barred Rocks, Rhodies, and Cuckoo Marans he shares the place with. If he can do it before the boss bird runs hims off.

.....Alan.