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Yes you BR will grow much slower and never get as large as your Cornish. I have BR, I keep them for layers (though I will eat the males). Your Cornish will grow larger and faster. It is likely the breast will be bigger on Cornish.

It will s mostly dependent on the age of the bird. Young fast growing birds are great for fryers and grillers. Generally a lot smaller then your broiler but processed at about the same time (I see Murray McMurray puts leghorns in that group that would be very little meat) Broilers are your...

You mean Broilers, Fryers, Roasters?

I did end processing mine, but my Cornish cross were doing just fine at 4 months, the hens could have lived to adulthood. One of the cockerels did start walking weird, so he probably wasn't long for the world. But they were free range, and limited feed. I tried not to starve them. but I did...

The female dogs were trained to fight. But head to head with a larger equally trained male, the female would probably loose. This is testosterone

I mearly trying to use a more relatable example. Most agree increased testosterone equals higher aggression, this is true across the board. If we cannot even agree on that point, the debate is useless.

Testosterone, is linked to aggressiveness, virility, strength. You take away the aggressive, it follows to reason you will also take away from the others. In human males, the ones with more testosterone, are the more attractive. However they are also generally the more difficult to live with...

I disagree. It is about genetics, not hormones. The male line is the one that matters only because, generally females are breeders (unless obvious defect). But the theory would follow you will get stronger, healthier females from a strong healthy male, strong is generally connected to...

http://www.npr.org/2013/01/25/170267847/canine-mystery-how-dogs-became-mans-best-friend It discusses the taming of dogs. Stunting a wolves maturity and encouraging more desirable puppy-like behavior in dogs through breeding.

Actually I was just listening to a npr discussion that found a correlation...I will look for it. Certainly not proof, but worth a mention they were discussing dogs, not chickens

Well I disagree about the void that needs filling...but I knew you were speaking in terms of breeding not gene modification.

It was meant as a joke....

Lol well sure, just need to splice in some eel and ostrich genes, and you could get lots bigger

Yeah I got them on accident, I did not understand all the breeds. I had been giving them continuous feed but it was layer feed. I couldn't free range them until they were big enough to scare the cats. Hopefully they get a bit bolder.

I have 4 Cornish cross, about 9 weeks old. I know I should just butcher them, and I might yet, but was going to try to keep them for layers. I have about 4 acre property I let my hens free range. I just started turning the Cornish cross out. They will not move very far from the coop, I know...

Yeah I agree. Of it is something you are really interested in I would suggest you look into your states sustainable ag group. They all have different names but if you Google you state and sustainable ag you should be able to find it. There you could find producers who would be happy to sell...

Oh yes if you want to start talking about ending factory farms and working toward a more sustainable agricultural system I am fully on board. Large reason I have begun raising chickens is to limit the amount of factory animals I need to buy. Cheap food is truely one of the worst things we as...

Yes I kind of tried that. We are farmers, organic even. I have first hand knowledge of all the death that goes into soybean and wheat production. She wouldn't listen kept telling me she got her food from a local farmers who assured there was no loss of life. :lol:

you could be right. most I talked to said that they chose not to eat meat, not because they didn't like it, but because they found it amoral. I pointed out that left completely to themselves in nature, animals were much more cruel then a hunter (especially with the laws and regulations currently)

Yes but that is just so the afterbirth does not attract predators to their weak and still vulnerable newborn.