Cornish Thread

[tileman@prodigBird Raiser]

I have seven week old lf Dark Cornish chicks i bought from a small family hatchery here locally. When will I be able to start lokking at them to determine if they are bred close to the Standard of Perfection? At what age roughly? I bought these to gain some experience with Cornish.

If you really want an accurate idea you should give them at least 9-15 months. They only get better with age. Once you get to know the breed then you can pick out early the better ones compared to their hatch mates.

 

[tileman@prodigBird Raiser]

If anyone's looking for bantam Cornish. I have eggs, chicks and adults for sale now.

 

[biologynerd]

Hey hey!
What happened to all the other people posting Cornish pics
I can't wait till my (much better) eggs hatch out!!!

 

[DBerryhill]

The best guess is that this is an Dark Cornish. What do y'all think? I'm really hoping it is!!

 

[southernmomma]

@biologynerd Where are your much better eggs coming from?

M

 

[3 NH reds]

OK I am new to Cornish and I am looking for what vitamin- mineral supplement to add to the water. I am sure it's in here but the thread is huge. Mine are 3 days old and I added ACV to the water.. I use nipple waterers screwed into 2 liter bottles and they love it and they get poop free water

 

[Scotty2hotty]

Hello, I am looking to purchase approx. 7 baby silkie bantam or similar type chicks for my children. Do you sale these?
Thanks,
Scott Coleman

 

[biologynerd]

There's that polyvi sol which is a over the counter vitamin dropper for human babies make sure it doesn't have iron. I only put one drop in a quart, I donno about others. There's some other vitamins I've seen in farm stores.

OK I am new to Cornish and I am looking for what vitamin- mineral supplement to add to the water. I am sure it's in here but the thread is huge. Mine are 3 days old and I added ACV to the water.. I use nipple waterers screwed into 2 liter bottles and they love it and they get poop free water

 

[kfacres]

OK I am new to Cornish and I am looking for what vitamin- mineral supplement to add to the water. I am sure it's in here but the thread is huge. Mine are 3 days old and I added ACV to the water.. I use nipple waterers screwed into 2 liter bottles and they love it and they get poop free water

I don't use any.

Most important key is added protein in the diet throughout life.

 

[3 NH reds]

I am starting to feed them fermented mash. So far so good only lost 1 of 15, no idea why it died but it was under a week