I don't know why we still refer to broilers as Cornish cross,that couldn't be further from the truth. Calling a broiler a "Cornish x" to me is like calling any other chicken by its original breeding. The birds, company's like Cobb/Vantress or Hubbard have are as close to a Cornish as a Cornish...
It sucks when your fishing but it Really sucks when its your birds. I woke up this morning to a pile of dead birds. apparently a skunk dug under my meat bird tractor and killed 5 broilers and all of my project birds. I'm sure it was a skunk because the birds smelled like...well a skunk.I feel...
Has any one tried breeding different strains of broilers? For example...CX X rosambro or Red ranger X CX and them maybe breed the offspring together or how about pure DC X CX cross RR X Rosembro I would think instead of trying to breed "hybrid" birds that don't breed true together breeding fast...
I was just out working on the coop area,and I noticed an egg sitting outside the nest box but one of the hens was still inside. well when I checked under her I found a golf ball!! She musta swapped them out.