Banty Roosters crossed with full size hens

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Banty Roosters crossed with full size hens

Post by Colleen Kinzie » Tue Apr 17, 2018 6:03 pm

Stupid question....... I crossed banty roosters with full sized hens. I noticed some chicks are very round/fat
Others small
Will I get half banty chickens and half full sized chickens or will I get half banty half /full size chickens
Not sure if that is worded right or not. Lol
I was trying to get smaller birds with layer hen genes????
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Re: Banty Roosters crossed with full size hens

Post by ross » Tue Apr 17, 2018 6:51 pm

Yep to both 🐓🐣🐔
Breed um back to the banty roosters specially the smaller pullets . Luck
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Post by ross » Tue Apr 17, 2018 10:05 pm

Colleen if the roosters are the ones you got from me they both have Chantecler banty in them , their sires . Out of mixed breed Banty hens . Nice medium white eggs . Luck
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Re: Banty Roosters crossed with full size hens

Post by windwalkingwolf » Wed Apr 18, 2018 12:33 pm

As Ross said, you will get all sorts of sizes. If the hens are red sex link, most of the pullets will lay really well, never as good as their mothers, but lots of good sized eggs.
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Post by Colleen Kinzie » Wed Apr 18, 2018 5:28 pm

Crap. So I won’t get any medium sized birds out of this lot. I have to wait till the hens are mature and breed them back to banty roosters again! :sAng_banghead: sAng_rantTealc: :gaah: :pull_hair:
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Post by windwalkingwolf » Wed Apr 18, 2018 6:24 pm

Don't despair, some will be in between!
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Re: Banty Roosters crossed with full size hens

Post by ross » Wed Apr 18, 2018 7:53 pm

Your still young Colleen , you have time . 🐣 Rome wasn't built in a day . Luck
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Post by baronrenfrew » Wed Apr 18, 2018 11:23 pm

:eggyolk: :karate: :gaah: :hands: :rooster-171:
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Re: Banty Roosters crossed with full size hens

Post by Colleen Kinzie » Thu Apr 19, 2018 10:05 am

ross wrote:
Wed Apr 18, 2018 7:53 pm
Your still young Colleen , you have time . 🐣 Rome wasn't built in a day . Luck
That I am Ross. Thanks. And I’m loving your Banty roosters! Not sure I’ll be able to keep 3 though. So now I’ll have to decide which one to part with 😪
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Post by Killerbunny » Thu Apr 19, 2018 10:13 am

Just a word of warning on rooster numbers. Sometimes you are OK with 1 or 3 but not 2.
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