First Run of Cornish Cross Meat Birds and Super Excited!

[holm25]

HI caught up on reading need to run,,


Bye

R u getting ready for Florida??

 

[1zooman12]

Hello JR Nash,
Yes I have a favorite incubator; two favorites in fact: 1) small - the Chinese Silky, best incubator and momma of them all and 2) large: the Polish, also a great incubator and momma too. These do not need plugging in to a wall receptacle, fine tuning and you dare not mist them! Yes, I admit to having a series of 3, 48 egg capacity incubators. (Chris has one of them at his home.) All, not including Chris, are a cause for worry, concern, fine tuning and all (again exclude Chris!) do their best to go allied with Murphy and his law.
Sincerely,
Neal, the Zooman

 

[JRNash]

Thanks Neal!! I'M following this thread with avid interest. Ive placed my order for Giants, (black and white) Dark Cornish, and white Plymouth Rocks. Also ordered 20Jumbo cornish x for the end of June.

 

[JRNash]

I'M learning alot from following this thread. And getting all kinds of wild ideas.lol

 

[JRNash]

My plan is to totally free range with supplemental feeding. Let all run together until I can tell the roosting from hens. Then I will separate the roosting so I can control the breeding. Will save the most viable cornish x for foundation stock to cross with crosses. Lol

 

[holm25]

I think my CX hen is sterile. She has never took to a breeding which really makes me sad. I really wanted some toads.

 

[JRNash]

Toads. Baaaahaha. Y'all kill me with that. Sorry about the hen. Murphy's law at work.

 

[JessicaThistle]

Toads. Baaaahaha. Y'all kill me with that. Sorry about the hen. Murphy's law at work.

The term Toads did come from a long story but it is in this thread. There was quite a conversation about what the chicks hatched from CX eggs should be called. It's way back in this thread and I couldn't tell you where. You know one of those kind of conversations where mom has to put her foot down and smack some hands? Yeah, that's what I had to do. Grrr...memories. Let us not restart the earlier convo but if curious enough, enjoy the read.


Oh and I love your CX raising plans! Make sure to share here as we love to hear how it goes, learn from and give advice and support if needed.

 

[JRNash]

Yes Mam!!

 

[mountain mom]

Yesterday I went out to feed the meatballs. I only counted 19. I recounted. Still 19.
I went inside their pen to look for the dead one. I assumed it could only be dead if it was not rushing to the food like everyone else. No body.
I counted again, still only 19.

We have a wiley CX who can get out, so I figured we missed it the night before somehow and the fox had a yummy chicken dinner.

I went to let out the hens and check on the turkeys.

Guess who I found, snug as a bug in a rug, hanging out with the turkeys. The missing CX.
Guess who stayed there all day, as well as night. The missing CX.

That meatball thinks it outsmarted us!