- Mar 19, 2009
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I really like the Cornish X meat chickens. I like the fact that I can get a lot more meat from the Cornish X per dollar spent on feed than I can get from the regular dual purpose chickens. I like the large amount of white meat they produce, and the fact that it doesn't take very long to raise them to slaughter weight. And I really like those nice plump tender roasters I raise that dress out at over 12 pounds. Had one dress out at 16 pounds. My Cornish X have a very good life. Short, but good. And I am very grateful to the geneticists who helped produce this wonderful bird. Unlike a lot of others, I do not think it is at all inhumane to raise them. If you manage them correctly and don't try to make them into something they are not, they do just fine.Another thought. If we ate less meat, we wouldn't need to engineer birds like the Cornish Rock. Also, we could implement better practices for life and slaughter. Prices would go up, but we could eat less.