Mating between Bantam and large fowl?

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Hi,
my neighbour has a Polish Frizzle Cockeral (called Bob) she desperately wants to rehome.

I currently have three hybrid females- a Bovan Nera, Speckledy and a Skyline. I have fallen in love with the cockeral and have bought him down to my place. I have noticed Bob mating with the Skyline, with some degree of difficulty....he needs a ladder. He has been trying to mate with the Bovan Nera and the Speckledy, with limited success. I dont know what is happening when they are in at night though.

Presumably I will end up with fertile eggs. What happens if they are hatched? :-)07

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Pam
 
They will only hatch if they are incubated, I would think your hybrids have had the brooding instinct bred out of them therefore unlikely to sit.
 
If you do incubate the eggs and they hatch, you will in all likelihood have some bizarre looking crested birds, some Frizzled some smooth feathered and intermediary in size between large fowl and bantams.
If he is a small bantam Poland male ( A rarity these days)there is a chance he may pass on his size to his offspring, but in general terms, size is more often dictated by the female parent.
 
Oh, how interesting. My neighbour says she is going to try hatching some out. I have thought about it as well as I have just built a large coop and need to increase my stock.I was just worried if might be harmful in some way. He is definately a Bantam Polish Frizzle, my neighbour got him as an unsexed chick from Birdworld. When I first got him the females were terrified and went into hiding, but when I looked tonight they were all snuggled up together.....he is really cute and makes everyone smile.
 
However I will have to think about what I would do with any cockerals, its bad enough trying to get rid of pedigree ones.
 
Yes, Crossbred Cockerels aren't easy to rehome, you may have to cull them. On a brighter note, any pullets you breed should make reasonable layers. Their father comes from a breed where the females are no slouches in the laying stakes, and with laying hybrid mothers, there's every chance the daughters will develop into useful back yard layers.
 
The cockerels we had dumped nearby appear to be a Pekin/ Welsummer cross. I think crosses for the sake of human curiosity are completely irresponsible.
 
chrismahon said:
The cockerels we had dumped nearby appear to be a Pekin/ Welsummer cross. I think crosses for the sake of human curiosity are completely irresponsible.
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I think a lot depends on the motivation of the breeder here. For a few pretty Garden Pets, that will pay for their keep by laying a few eggs, or just for ornamental purposes I see no problem.
As long as the health and vigour of any such crosses isn't compromised as a result of their breeding, and any surplus males are dealt with responsibly, I see no moral or ethical objection.
 
It is great posibility that the ofspring of your crosses (pullets) will be a small eggs layers-which is pointles really as large hens will eat a lot and you have very little reward in form of the eggs(it happened to my friend in Poland when he had some hiding broody hens comming back with the offspring)
 
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