Well it is honesty that easy, but your Cornish Cross will not exhibit all the same traits as the ones offered by commercial hatcheries that have been selectively breeding their blood lines for decades to develop their own unique hybrid genetics and blood lines... In time though with select...
Cornish Cross have a VERY short life expectancy, the reality is your birds might not even make it to next year to breed as they have a bunch of known genetic health issues... Also they will not breed true aka Cornish Cross + Cornish Cross does not produce Cornish Cross... Instead you will get...
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Very true, production hybrids were/are bred to plump up fast with nice big fat breast, and chubby legs, optimal meat per time/food, but with that comes a very short life expectancy...
I don't know what thread it is here, but here is a picture that shows the difference, I wish it was...
Remember you won't so much be gambling on the first generation hybrid, you can look up their pros as they are consistent and you will get what you expect... The gamble comes after the first generation, so if you plan to breed your own meaties using your existing purchased stock, heritage is...
A heritage breed is a pure breed that has been bred for a long time and thus has become traditional vs a newer hybrid or new breed...
Pros and cons to both, heritage birds will breed true generation after generation and you will get consistency, while hybrids on the other hand are a roll of...