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Hey @Fat Daddy, a few questions for you. I've been contemplating your stats RE the Spring hatch being the healthiest and heaviest of the year. It completely makes sense, especially since certain breeds only lay part of the year, depending on weather, and their Spring genes are the most 'potent'...

Well, so far everything is going pretty well with the Gen. 2 project, all things considering. I lost 4 chicks so far, 3 to predators (raccoons more than likely) and 1 to drowning. Not the end of the world, though I have made serious corrections to make sure neither happens again. But then...

I know it's been a while since I posted on this thread, figured I'd give an update on the DC crosses - see the below pics: The largest group is 14 weeks old, then 10 weeks and 6 weeks old. (The White Rock roo is top-right, pullet is bottom-left, both will be keepers for Gen.2 of that breed.)...

Also, side note - I weighed the chicks yesterday, but my phone died afterwards and I lost my "note" with the weights. The only one I remember as being significant was that my Gen. 2 White Rock cockerel was about 60g heavier than his father at the same age. The rest of the numbers didn't stand...

So I've got 2 potential hatches happening right now for my next project. I have dibs on the next hatch of Delawares from a breeder here in FL, they are set to hatch on May 8. I'm hoping for 10 of them, then will keep 1 roo and 3 hens from that batch. Add that to my 2 Dels from the hatchery and...

I totally hear you on that dream - that too is what I'm working for. I don't have a lot of aspirations that the DC crosses are going to be much better than either purebred. But we shall see - I will weigh them shortly. I just wanted to edit to say that I don't think MY DCXs will be too much...

I'm sure that any breed of chicken can be a good pet if under the right conditions. I have no desire to keep these as pets, they were simply an experience to end in the freezer. That said i want them to still live a happy and healthy life before they meet the cold. I had them in a regular coop...

It's been a busy few weeks here, but I'm going to weigh the chicks this weekend. Including the Cornish Cross "meat bags". Those things disgust me. I really don't want to be too cruel, they are still "God's creatures" and all. But they are lazy eating and pooping machines. When I move the...

I never really use recipes for my soups, I just wing it until it's colorful and flavorful. I do add beans, barley, rice, etc to it whenever possible, makes it more filling and satisfying to me. I'm the only one in my family that really eats soup, so it's up to me to eat the best soups, as well...

I've done this method a few times as well. How I do it is to cut off the head first, then cut down the neck skin down the chest, around the anus, then peel the skin around to the back. That is where the skin is the toughest to peel back, so I use a smaller blade to assist here. Also around the...

I had heard that they are good on free ranging as well, but that they had to be "trained" how to do it at an early age. And also their feed had to be regimented, like only a bit in the morning and more at night before being cooped up. I don't know, still not really my thing. It's an experience...

He isn't pretty, that's for sure. But he hasn't gotten his feathers in yet, just that sporadic fluff. And quite void of personality too.

I candled the 37 eggs I had in the incubator, took 6 out for dereliction of duties, so that leaves me with 31 set to hatch this coming Sunday/Monday. Add those potentials to the 9- 7 week olds, 9 store-boughts, and 9- 3 week olds, (OH YEAH, and 9- 6 week old ducklings!), and we've got a pretty...

Yes, very likely - and great point about the flavor. I'm just shocked at how quickly they grow, it's like watching Tommy Boy when David Spade tells Chris Farley (who's sucking mayo from a single-pack) "I can actually hear you getting fatter." They are so lazy, it's sad - they lay around, get up...

Wow, this was very telling - both the numbers and the photos: 7 week old Dark Cornish Cross (my hatch) cockerel: 3 week old Cornish Cross broilers (store bought, TSC): I couldn't even feel the breast bone in this one. He's just the first one I could grab, likely a...

I've heard how lazy these Cornish Crosses are, but it's a whole other thing to watch it in action. When i moved the tractor coop today, they barely moved at all. I had to physically move a few of them out of the way of the wheel. And HEAVY. But the enormity of their weight is only matched by...

I forgot to post these pics last week, taken the same day I weighed them last. You can see the ducklings in the background, they are a week younger but double the size, and by this week at least triple the size of the chicks. Here are the 3 chicks from the WR roo, the one in the middle is the...

Yeah, it's got to be a heartache to be on this website when you know you're some time away from being able to get back at it. I'm glad you're still around here though! So far they are coming along very well. I expect the crosses to be significantly quicker-growing than the originals. So far...

Yeah, it would be pretty awkward to cut into a Cornish and realize after a minute of poking around in there that you have a female... Have you thought about caponizing another breed, just to see what happens (as Steve Erwin used to put it)? I don't plan to caponize my first chick until probably...

That is great to know! I often wondered if the seasons made any difference! So far I'm on queue for raising 65 chickens this Spring for the freezer, I'll see what I can do about adding a few more crosses to incubator in 3 weeks. I've got 37 to add to the incubator today, and I may add 5 more to...