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Oh... forgot to mention: Most people butcher when they are between 8-10 weeks of age. It depends on weight. A 10-lb. live bird will usually yield 5-lbs (+/-) in the freezer. What I do is to butcher most of them at 8 weeks, for fryers, wings, drumsticks, breasts and such; and the rest at 9-10...

Oh my, yes. Raising Cornish Cross is different than raising 'normal' chicks in some ways, and other ways it's the same. Some tips: * Cornish Cross *must* be fed a high-protein feed because their growth rate is so phenomenal. They need the concentrated feed to get enough nutrition; regular chick...