Cornish X - Laying like a champ!

Ekim said:

Hello aoxa,

I love hearing about cornish cross projects. I'm curious, do you know which brand-name Big Bertha came from? cobb 500? or whatever?

Thanks mike

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aoxa said:

I always hear that Cornish X's can not reach breeding age. Well fortunately for Big Bertha, here they can. She was hatched on June 28th and started laying at 18 weeks old. She now lays regularly 4-5 days a week.

Also gives us the biggest egg. We average 20 eggs a day right now, as most are just starting up - but the biggest egg in 20 is impressive to me. She is also competing against the Red Sex Links, so it is no easy feat to give the biggest egg!


Here she is laying her egg this morning.


Here it is next to a golf ball and a medium egg.


We raised them differently than 99% of the CX out there, so she is able to reach this milestone. I realize that she will not breed true, but we are going to test breed her with a heritage Silver Pencilled Rock cock. He is the largest and fastest grower we have that is heritage.

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LilRedRoo said:

This is encouraging. Melinda (my wife) has taken a liking to three of our broilers and has asked me to "pretty please" not butcher them. One is a cockerel for sure, but if the other two are pullets then it looks like I may be able to keep at least those two afterall. The rest are specifically for food.

Since looking at some of your videos I have cut back significantly on the feed and let them out with the layer flock...and much to my surprise they seem to actually PREFER scratching around and free ranging. How cool is that... They are "red broilers" so already a slower grower than the white CX, so I am hopeful that we've changed their diets in time. I love to be able to eat my meals knowing that they are pasture fed/garden grown meals. It doesn't always work out that way, but it's fun to strive for.

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knjinnm said:

Hi,
Any chicks from Big Bertha yet?

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