Poultry Talk Ontario (pto.ca)

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????
Thanks

Yep to both
Breed um back to the banty roosters specially the smaller pullets . Luck

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

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.

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!

Don't despair, some will be in between!

Your still young Colleen , you have time . Rome wasn't built in a day . Luck

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

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