Can a bantam female and a regular sized rooster mate?

-- Steve Hill (ukph@edsamail.com.ph), May 29, 2001

Answers

Yes. At least until there are smaller more active sparrow-sized roosters around to out-pace the proper-sized bird.

-- Don Armstrong (darmst@yahoo.com.au), May 30, 2001.

Oh goodness yes! Our Rhode Island red rooster has topped our golden bantams regularly since be became a "man". Our little bantam rooster does a good job at keeping him away but he can't be everywhere. We have 5 nice RI red hens for him but he seems to prefer the "blonde" bantams. The bantams are producing a cross between the red and gold, very pretty medium size chicks. Good luck!

-- Linda Wernecke (lmwernecke@medicine.tamu.edu), May 30, 2001.

I have several types of bantam hens & some silkie hens & a game rooster----we have cute chicks and all have feathers on their legs!! Some look like silkies & some look like game hens with feathers on their legs!!

-- Sonda in Ks. (sgbruce@birch.net), May 30, 2001.

I've got some new chicks that my 'kids' hatched last week. The rooster's are Standard OEG and the hens are Bantam Cochins. Cute little buggers!

-- ~Rogo (rogo2020@yahoo.com), May 31, 2001.

Yes they can mate. But I personally do not let it happen anymore. My polish Bantam was being harassed by my plymouth rock. And I fould that he was way to aggressive and actually hurt her. I didnt realize how bad until it was to late. So i no longer let the larger rooster around my Bantams. Actually I fine the Plymouth Rock to be way to aggressive birds anyway. So we had chickens soup recently!!

-- paul miller (millerclan@alltel.net), June 16, 2001.