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post #1 of 20
6/28/12 at 9:40am
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ok, I keep posting in my original thread but I'm still hanging, and I even posted pictures. Today I took more pictures. I have two Cornish Rocks or Cornish Crosses if you will. I originally thought I had pullets. then one girl and one well, I'm not sure, leaning towards boy, but both are quiet and just to basic "bok bok" sounds when I talk to them. they are 3-1/2 months old.

 

yesterday My neighbor and her friend or relative were looking at my chickens (they love them) and the visitor, (friend) said both CC's are 'roosters" and I should butcher them soon, like now. I'm sorry I can't do it. I'll have someone else do it, but I can't. I'll cry my eyes out  because I raised them and they are my babies. Eggs on the other hand, no problem.

 

Any way, she also mis-identified my actual rooster as some sort of bantam, I guess because he's still a youngster at only 3 months himself? but he's actually a leghorn. A beautiful one at that.

 

but here's pictures from today.

 

"Camilla" The one I believe(d) to be a girl.

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and again, she's getting irritated with me. I got smacked with that wing. 

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"Spot" The one I'm not sure of.

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And again, not wanting to hold still, while I'm getting my hair pulled by Thelma and Louise, The Red X Producer Pullets.

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and finally for further comparison, Spot and Camilla together. Cam in the Back, Spot in the Front.

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post #2 of 20
6/28/12 at 10:14am

I am not very good at sexing chickens but I think they look like girls, . Please keep in mind that I could be wrong

Lori

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post #3 of 20
6/28/12 at 10:46am

those chickens need to be butchered soon before they get to heavy to live. They are breed for quick weight gain. They are also prone to heart attacks and broken legs as they get older, they arent breed to live long, even when kept on a strict diet.

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post #4 of 20
6/28/12 at 10:58am
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those chickens need to be butchered soon before they get to heavy to live. They are breed for quick weight gain. They are also prone to heart attacks and broken legs as they get older, they arent breed to live long, even when kept on a strict diet.

FarmerChef is right I mis-read your post I didn't see that you said they are cornishX those are meat birds and have been developed to grow large quick. they will sufffer because thier legs won't keep up with their growth cornishX aren't meant to be egg layers etc. They will suffer greatly. It doesn't matter what sex they are

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post #5 of 20
6/28/12 at 11:10am

agree with both previous posters

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post #6 of 20
6/28/12 at 11:15am
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I did not post to be told I need to butcher my pets. You don't know how many times I get told that. I really would like to enjoy them during their short lives while I have them. I would have no problem trading them off, but I can't butcher and eat someone I know.

I want to know if they are boys or girls.

When you've been where I've been, lived how I've lived, seen what I've seen... Take a walk in my shoes. Relive the memories of tauntings, the beatings I endured. The anxiety, the depression, the cancer scare, the car accident that could have taken my life. I am not perfect. I choose not to be. I can be your best friend or your worst nightmare. But I will always be me.

When you've been where I've been, lived how I've lived, seen what I've seen... Take a walk in my shoes. Relive the memories of tauntings, the beatings I endured. The anxiety, the depression, the cancer scare, the car accident that could have taken my life. I am not perfect. I choose not to be. I can be your best friend or your worst nightmare. But I will always be me.

post #7 of 20
6/28/12 at 11:16am

I am a newbie  so dont know a thing but have a question ;,.if you butcher this breed F  and M both  at 3 1/2 months old how do you ever get more?Who lays the eggs?Another breed bred by a 3 1/2 month old  roo?.Just wondering.

post #8 of 20
6/28/12 at 11:22am

Honest question: why would you purchase meat birds if you weren't going to use them for meat?  I don't know that I could ever eat one of my own birds.  I know I couldn't cull it myself so I completely side with you on that, but if meat birds are supposed to be butchered at a certain age it'd probably be best to hand them over to be butchered for their own safety and health and just let the sex go.

 

When I mis-carried several years ago I chose not to find out the sex of the baby because it just would have made it harder to move on.  Maybe the same could apply here?

4 Easter Eggers- 3 Pullets, 1 Roo

32 Red Stars- 30 Pullets, 2 Roos

3 Buff Polish- Pullets

5 White Polish- 3 Pullets, 2 Roos

2 Delewares, 4 White Leghorns, 2 Buff Orphingtons, 2 Barred Rocks, 3 Easter Eggers- pullets

3 random silkie mixes- Unknown

4 Easter Eggers- 3 Pullets, 1 Roo

32 Red Stars- 30 Pullets, 2 Roos

3 Buff Polish- Pullets

5 White Polish- 3 Pullets, 2 Roos

2 Delewares, 4 White Leghorns, 2 Buff Orphingtons, 2 Barred Rocks, 3 Easter Eggers- pullets

3 random silkie mixes- Unknown

post #9 of 20
6/28/12 at 11:43am
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I am a newbie  so dont know a thing but have a question ;,.if you butcher this breed F  and M both  at 3 1/2 months old how do you ever get more?Who lays the eggs?Another breed bred by a 3 1/2 month old  roo?.Just wondering.

 These are NOT egg laying chickens they are chickens that have been genetically altered for the purpose of meat. There are certain chickens that you breed together to get these meat birds you don't use 2 conishXs to breed together

Lori

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post #10 of 20
6/28/12 at 11:43am

You have 2 meat birds. Whether they are boys or girls is not going to matter. What is going to matter is that they are going to become way too heavy to walk after awhile. They will suffer terribly. We left our son pick out a chick several years ago, only to discover after 2 mon. that it was a meat bird. He WAS NOT going to part with that bird. So we left him keep it. By 4 mon. it could no longer walk. he had to feed it by hand and make sure it had water several times a day. It was horrible . He finally saw thro the fact of how hard this birds life really was. We told him we would give it to a friend and the friend would decide what to do with it --- today that bird is resting in total peace and so are we. Just do what's best for your birds. I feel for you, just remember that folks are not telling you what they are, because we want to hurt your feelings, but because we care about how attached you are becoming to something that is not going to live. Where do you live ? I have several young birds I'd be glad to give away, that will live a long time for you. 

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