Will bantam rooster fertilize red star hen

[easterlyfarms]

Will my bantam rooster fertilize my red star hens eggs?

 

[pixie74943]

I'd like to hijack this thread and throw it wide open. Can any bantam Roo fertilise any Standard Hen?

For example, Is a Serama Roo on a Jersey Giant too much of a stretch.

(Sorry to hijack your thread

Forgive me?)

 

[lurky]

I have one bantam ee rooster with 11 standard hens. I get a 50/50 on the fertile eggs. A serama rooster would be smaller and might not be as sucessful.......but i am sure he wont object to trying

 

[jemagsy]

Yes, my brahma bantam keeps my red stars pretty fertile. He has two four week old red star-brahma crosses running around out there now to prove it. These are 2 of the four that hatched.

Note if it was sebright roo, I don't know if he could fertilize, but he would certainly try. What breed is the rooster? (Reason I ask is there's a big difference in size between my bantam brahma roo and my sebright hen).

 

[jessupfamily]

We have watched our little guys (OEG) try extremely hard, with very submissive standard hens (Brahmas, BOs, BRs) and have seen it actually work a few times. But very rarely do they succeed!

 

[SeramaLife]

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One of our seramas.only3monthsor so old, chases and mounts a 10 lb 9 yr old Jersey Giant. I have no idea if it works, she isn't laying, but it is extremely unlikely. It sure is cute

 

[rileysgranny]

What about OEG roos and Bantam Cochin hens, and vice versa? I'm thinking of moving my OEGs and Bantam Cochins into a seperate coop and run from my egg layers. I don't really want them to cross breed, but don't have but one other coop to move them to.

 

[easterlyfarms]

thanks for the replys. he rooster it a barnyard mut breed. he is considerable smaller then the hen.

 

[SilverStar]

My Bantam Cochin Rooster mates with my Standard white Leghorn. I cracked open an egg from her the other day and it looked fertil. Not sure if i am going to try hatching with them yet.

 

[a2ms4chickens]

Yes. Last year I had a bantam RIR with standards, BO, BR and Red sex-link, and I hatched 19 chicks. They were all bantum size, but he worked.

Good luck!