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Will Bantam roosters try to mate with Rhode Island Red chickens?
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∙ 15y ago
YES. We didn't think it could happen so we let one little Bantam hen keep an egg because she wanted to lay on it. Then all of a sudden I am checking for more eggs and BOOM! We had a baby chick. We were shocked. We have two Rhode Island Reds and an Egyptian-looking chicken. We are pretty sure he got to the Egyptian-looking one because we always see him trying to get to the Rhode Island Reds, but with little success. Now our little Bantam rooster is actually a very large Bantam... his dad was less than half his size and he some how turned out huge so maybe this influenced his ability to get up there! Another view:
They will certainly try, but most Bantam roosters are too small to 'make it'.
If a bantam rooster is the only male in the flock the hens will often make adjustments for his size. The hens will flatten out or squat down fluffing their feathers after he does the signal dance. (the rooster dances side ways around the hen he has chosen to mate with) The rooster stands on the hens back and mating takes place.
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What animals inhabited colonial Rhode Island?
Rhode Island Red Fowls (Chickens & Roosters) Cutthroat trout
Which bantam is best egg layer?
Rhode island reds
Are bantam chickens good egg layers?
Egg quantities differ depending on what bantam species lays them but the eggs are much smaller than a standard size chicken. A bantam Silkie will lay well below average when compared to a Rhode Island Red Bantam is reference to size not an individual breed.
What are some animals from Rhode Island?
Rhode Island Red chickens.
What breed rooster is least aggressive?
In my experience withroosters (we have had around thirty in the past four years) a breed called "silkie" chickens, the roosters of that breed are sometimes even nicer than the hens! I have been raising chickens for thirty years, and silkies for eight, the roosters we've had were always kind and gentle.
What chickens are are able to be with Rhode Island red chickens?
Any breed can get along with Rhode Island Reds. But you can only intruduce this other breed and more chickens when they are little. If you don't do that, there will be severe fighting with the chickens.
What type of animals does Rhode Island have?
Rode Island has Chickens
What chickens are easiest to care for?
I have found that if you want easy to care for chickens that lay a lot of eggs, Isa Browns are the best variety. They are the breed of chickens most egg farms use. Rhode Island Reds are also good. But, if you are looking for pets, some bantam varieties may be what you are looking for.
Do black sex-link chickens come in bantam size?
Black Sex-link is a breed. It is the size it is - a large-size breed. Bantams are small chickens.Think of dogs. A German shepherd is a breed. It CANNOT be the size of a toy poodle. Neither can a Black Sex-link be the size of a banty. Take a Barred Rock Bantam Hen to a Rhode Island Red Bantam to get the Black sex link bantam
What state was the famous chickens raised?
Rhode Island
You have leghorns orpigitons and rhode island reds but you only have leghorn roosters is this a problem?
Walter
What breed of chickens do the Gosselins have?
The Gosselins have rhode island reds
