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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: Wouldbesmallholder on March 12, 2013, 11:26:08 am

Title: Bantum cross standard
Post by: Wouldbesmallholder on March 12, 2013, 11:26:08 am

Does anyone have any experience with this?

Namely a Bantum Cockerel cross with,say a sussex light hybrid, a speckled hybrid or a Rhode Island Red Hybrid. Partly interested in the resultant birds, but also a little concerned as to whether the 'physics' of it would work??

Title: Re: Bantum cross standard
Post by: Mel Rice on March 12, 2013, 12:50:05 pm

I have a Lemmon Cukoo Bantam cock who is my 'Boss'. I did not think he would be able to serve my large sussex and Grey Cukoo (not sure of breed here in Germany but that is colour) So I bought in some more Isa Browns (1 cock and 3 girls)
By the look of the resultant chicks the Bantam is fully able to do his job...Ill keep the other boy as he is lovely but know I dont need to worry about the physics.