Yes! We just butchered 18 CX yesterday. Straight run that were 7.5 weeks old. All lived and stayed healthy. However, we carefully plan to be able to butcher them at the 7-8 week age mark. Given the increased cost for feed right now, getting 18 meat birds in 7.5 weeks was nice. We did...
We processed a couple of unwanted /accidental males at 16 weeks. We did not know to age them a few days…so we butchered and then immediately grilled them. They were stringy and tough. We fed the rest to the living chickens (they loved the meat).
we have raised Cornish cross. Great feed to...