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Katy - yes, particularly the "who cares" part... lol! Its great to feel as though one is free to go in whatever direction the spirit moves, vs. entrenched in chasing after a flavor of the month trend, while taking one's cues from the crowd. The Idaho Mountain Rangers & Red Rangers are the...

Katy - Thanks again... yes independance and sustainability! You're right on there. I always love creating something from what's available around me. Learning to repurpose and becoming resourceful are important skills to develop. Creative energy outlets make our lives much more worthwhile...

Katy - We've got both BR roos & CX roos. A number of the chicks we hatched are red sex-link hens bred to the BR roos. They are the largest chicks overall, thus far. Some of my hens are RIR, NH, and IsaBrowns. These birds are larger and plumper than the scrawny RSL hens. I'm assuming the...

Katy, Very interesting research project! Was contemplating same, and simply threw a few of the "big bird" eggs in the bator we'd ordered, as an initial stab at what what would emerge as a result. I'd like to have my own, self-laid-hatched-raised flock, both for meat and eggs. We have plenty...

First to hatch, 2nd batch - 5/27/10 (Hovabator w/ autoturner) This one needed a bit of help.... I try to remember "hands off" as much as possible. She survived just fine...

Katy, whatcha got in the bator? Are you hatching for meatbirds? The big Cornish X birds were pretty... but the roos sorta pulled a whole lot of their feathers off. Their skin is thin, so I ended up suturing a couple birds... kinda thought it was crazy at the time, but hey, it worked! My...

Thanks, Bearsfan! They are nice little biddies. It surprised me that there is no size difference between them & the others... actually a bit smaller than the Barred Rock X average. The feathers are "dingy" white, not WHITE like the parents. A few have black spots on a few feathers. One in...

Thanks, Katy! Your Cornish Fatties are beautiful. I've only got one CornishX hen left... the other was losing weight & getting raspy. She was about 1.5 yrs old, the other hen is HUGE to me... about 12 lbs, actually, but the Roos are about 15+ lbs. Had thought they were a whole lot heavier...

The CornishX birds we hatched were from CornishX hens bred to CornishX roos. These birds were purchased from the local farm supply store, from a large commercial hatchery. They are the same size as the other Red Sex-link hen x Orange (likely Buff Orpington) roos, but a little smaller than...

Last year we raised a number of the huge, fast-growing cornish x meat birds. Most were butchered, but I had 7 that we kept, 5 hens 7 2 roos. The hens started laying eggs, so we kept them longer. My husband called them the "peace loving fatties," as they had such nice docile temperments. We...