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They say it's because of a server upgrade, but I'm really believing it's an A p r i l F o o l ' s joke. A p r i l F o o l comes up as BYC Member, too... and e g g comes up as rooster! You ought to search for egg recipes - kinda funny!
Looking at the shape of their bodies, I really don't think they're leghorns. They look too massive to be leghorns. My white leghorns have always been more slight of build than that - more like Pipsqueak. They've always been some of my fastest to feather in, too. They have been mature enough...
They are running - they are surprisingly quick when I reach in to grab one. They jump up onto the bricks in their brooder when I take the feeders out. But when I reach in to their box, they just run away. The egg babies are starting to fly to the top of their Rubbermaid tub brooder, and they...
Here's pictures from 1 week old and 2 weeks old, comparing my meaties with my egg-layers. They're like a whole new species.
1 week with an EE:
2 weeks with a welsummer:
2 week old cornish belly:
Just for you to compare...
I weighed a 14-day-old cornish cross and a 14-day-old EE tonight. The cornish weighed 11.5 ounces. The EE weighed 3.5 ounces. The egg-layer breed babies are more feathered than the cornish crosses, and they're much more able to fly. The cornish crosses look HUGE...