If you have good cornish stock to begin with, this works very well! I have followed this method for several years with both dark and white cornish.....
I love a bator full of new chicks!! Awesome project. With all the yellow chicks hatching together. How are you able to tell the pure birds from the crosses?
Good morning Paul, I have never tried Sussex over a cornish. But I have used Rhode Island Reds. As well as Cochins, Orpingtons, Black copper marans, and Buckeys. In every group there would be a few with a good build. But there would always be more that had the deep "Y" type breast and long legs...
Sounds like a great experiment! I have raised pure LF cornish for several years now, both dark and white. I have found 2 eggs every 3 days per hen to be the norm with both. I would recommend you grow out a few of the pure white cornish along side of the crosses as a "control" for your...