The Cornish Cross is how I got my start at chicken keeping (didn't exactly get cornish by choice). We just recently processed all of them. They were around 10 weeks or so and huge. Even with limiting their food they were huge. We had a few die along the way and suspect it was the heat. I agree...
Thank you for the welcomes! When we only had the cornish cross we didn't understand why everyone said watching chickens was so entertaining. They just lay around all day. After the reds and barred rocks though it sure is more fun to watch them!
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My girlfriend and I are first time chicken keepers recently. She is a teacher and recently hatched out some chicks in her class as a learning opportunity for the kids. We had always talked about getting chickens prior to that so when the opportunity arrived we figured we should go for...