White Cornish: Building a Quality, Sustainable Flock for Meat and More.....

[lpatelski]

Thanks..
i familiar with Ralphie's toads.

But I was wondering if just "plain regular" CX could live long enough to breed on their own...not with mixing them with other breeds.

Is that possible?

I have Betty my original CX from Murray McMurray. She was hatched 2/6/2015. She has laid near 100 eggs a year. She is fertile when you put a large enough rooster with her. Spike my last CX rooster got bumble foot from his 14 pound weight. Now chicken and rice soup, he gave me some amazing chicks this year, with Betty, for next year's crop.

This is BROODY BETTY, yes this CX went broody 3 times. Her daughter next to her with the pea comb goes broody just as often. I have raised nearly 85 chicks off of Betty. All of my Dark Cornish x CX F1 hens. She is grandma to over 250. This is her third laying season. Yes they can be bred, they can survive and be productive.

 

[Kiki]

I have Betty my original CX from Murray McMurray. She was hatched 2/6/2015. She has laid near 100 eggs a year. She is fertile when you put a large enough rooster with her. Spike my last CX rooster got bumble foot from his 14 pound weight. Now chicken and rice soup, he gave me some amazing chicks this year, with Betty, for next year's crop.
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This is BROODY BETTY, yes this CX went broody 3 times. Her daughter next to her with the pea comb goes broody just as often. I have raised nearly 85 chicks off of Betty. All of my Dark Cornish x CX F1 hens. She is grandma to over 250. This is her third laying season. Yes they can be bred, they can survive and be productive.
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Thanks!

 

[ZachyWachy]

That is cool!
What did it take to keep her alive?

 

[lpatelski]

I followed this feeding chart. After she was grown I did not worry too much about limiting her feed. She eats with the others. She was fed on the every day feeding schedule. Full feed until 4 weeks of age, then I weighed feed every day. It was a group of four. Two cockerels, two pullets. Both cockerels died with in a week of becoming sexually mature. I bought a Dark Cornish cockerel to cross them with so I would not have to do the limit feed thing all the time.

 

[Kiki]

I followed this feeding chart. After she was grown I did not worry too much about limiting her feed. She eats with the others. She was fed on the every day feeding schedule. Full feed until 4 weeks of age, then I weighed feed every day. It was a group of four. Two cockerels, two pullets. Both cockerels died with in a week of becoming sexually mature. I bought a Dark Cornish cockerel to cross them with so I would not have to do the limit feed thing all the time.


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So you did or did not "mate" her with another CX?

 

[lpatelski]

So you did or did not "mate" her with another CX?

I did, Spike was a CX cockerel. Betty and Spike produced 8 offspring at the end of the season. I wanted a more Dark Cornish cross so I concentrated on the 3/4 white DC pullets, then I put Spike and Betty together exclusively. https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...r-meat-and-more.1069243/page-55#post-18918108
The two chicks standing in the square plastic container are theirs.

 

[Fairview01]

A few of my LFW Cornish I hatched late summer before they stopped laying. Hopefully they will be the basis for my breeding stock this spring. Roughly 6 weeks old. Way too early to tell about the quality but I'm sure it will eat just as well in another 14 weeks if it's a disappointment.

 

[lpatelski]

View attachment 1134753 A few of my LFW Cornish I hatched late summer before they stopped laying. Hopefully they will be the basis for my breeding stock this spring. Roughly 6 weeks old. Way too early to tell about the quality but I'm sure it will eat just as well in another 14 weeks if it's a disappointment.

Nice bone!

 

[GregClark38]

I am new to Standard White Cornish. I got 15 straight runs chicks about 5 weeks old this past weekend. One of them has a few feathers that are black. What's up with that? Any help would be appreciated , thanks.

 

[lpatelski]

I am new to Standard White Cornish. I got 15 straight runs chicks about 5 weeks old this past weekend. One of them has a few feathers that are black. What's up with that? Any help would be appreciated , thanks.

Where did you purchase them from? At 5 weeks you should be just able to sex them. Pictures please.