cornish cross

  1. LizzzyJo

    My first Cornish Cross arrive tomorrow! I will try to post weekly updates! Watch me fail my way to success? Follow if you want to see me goof up ;)

    I have my brooder (water melon box) set up in the shed. I am going to try (99% chance in vain) to get my broody to care for them before turning on the light. I hate electric in the shed as it is a tender box! It is already set up and is as safe as possible, but I am just extra paranoid. I have...
  2. LizzzyJo

    I need ADVICE! I just ordered my first MEAT BIRDS! And I have no one in my life to share in the excitement :/

    I have butchered many an angry roo in my time, but I have never taken the plunge into the meat bird world. I just ordered 15 cornish cross. Arriving in 2 weeks. Most of my friends and family would consider me to be a terrible, soulless witch to be doing this, so I have no one to chat with about...
  3. F

    Cornish Cross Processing Questions

    Hello, We started raising our own cornish cross this year (just moved out to start a farm) and finally feel ready to sell some to friends and family after processing about 50 for our own family. I still have some lingering questions that I can't find clear answers to, and since these won't just...
    • Farmgrl86
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    • chicken processing cornish cross processing a meat chicken
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    • Forum: Meat Birds ETC
  4. P

    Cornish X breed to a American gamefowl

    I'm curious if can I breed my gamefowl to my cornish x, I really wanted to have new chicks can i able to breed them?
  5. Kkaysue

    Stores Not Stocking Food

    Ahhh!! This is mostly just a complaint but we are new to chickens and to Alaska so I couldn’t tell you if this is an Alaskan thing or a chicken thing (so maybe someone else can tell me) but within the last two weeks, all the chicken feed has been disappearing from stores and I didn’t think...
  6. A

    CRX help- slow down but still keep healthy?

    This is our first time raising cornish cross. They are currently 8 weeks (today actually) and we have given a controlled amount of feed and pulled feed at night for their entire lives. They are absolutely at slaughter weight and a few are starting to have issues walking. I could not get into...
    • apohl498
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    • cornish cross growth meat meat bird slaughter age
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    • Forum: Meat Birds ETC
  7. A

    Disappointment

    I have no idea what happened, if tractor supply is at fault or if my expectations were to high. 2 weeks ago we butchered one of our, presumed, cornish cross and its butchered weight was 5.3 pounds at 8 weeks. Now here we are at 10 weeks with the rest of our birds (because they were way to small...
  8. Fordfunnyfarm

    Homegrown Cornish crosses

    I’m looking for someone with more experience creating there own Cornish crosses. I am starting a small chicken business and wanting to cut my chick cost down as well as make a super flavorful chicken. I have order purebred dark cornish, bresse whites, and white plymouth rocks. I’m wondering...
  9. alknoll

    First year doing Cornish Cross birds... Here's how it came out!

    Hi everyone, I was scrolling through this forum trying to read up on what people thought of the taste/size/etc of the Cornish Cross chicken breed and decided to post my own results. We butchered ours at 5.5 weeks, and wow, what a range in sizes we got! Our runt was 2.5lb and Big Bertha was 4.3...
  10. C

    Meat bird questions

    Before I start yes I guess it’s too late in the year for raising meat birds but, I have facts to back myself up for raising them, anyways, to my real question, will my Cornish cross make it to 9 weeks (aka next Saturday) I have 8 left of 12 and their weight is going smoothly, I weighed them...
  11. G

    Cornish cross discussion

    Hey y’all. Not sure if many people let their Cornish cross chickens live past processing age so I’m just putting a little info out there. I started off with 3 Cornish roosters from a straight run. One of them developed a leg problem at 3 and a half months old and couldn’t walk. The other two...
  12. Myrshine

    Cornish crosses with respiratory illness

    I’d hate to let them suffer until butcher time. Can I give my Cornish crosses an injection of Tylan 50? Does it affect the meat? Can it hurt us to eat it? Please and thank you!
  13. Processing Cornish X: A beginners overview, Setup, cost, and results.

    Processing Cornish X: A beginners overview, Setup, cost, and results.

    This is an overview of my backyard processing set up. Enjoy! Equipment First and maybe most importantly, knives. I only used 3 knives during the whole process. One was a butter knife I used for "finishing" those pesky pin feathers before I stuck it in the fridge. These are the two edged knives I...
  14. Tre3hugger

    Processing Cornish X: A First Timer's Overview/Experience (pic heavy, only 1 "graphic")

    Today I processed my first meat bird. Wanted to document my process in detail. Maybe other first timer's will get some help from it, or I will get some helpful tips. I didn't take many pics of the actual evisceration because I was concentrating and dirty. Also this is my first time and I don't...
  15. Myrshine

    Meat Chickens and Bumblefoot

    I’m not certain where to post this- it IS a medical concern as well as for the safety of us. I’m in quite a big predicament, a few of our 4 - 5 week old Cornish crosses have bumblefoot. I’m not certain how they got it, but I quickly separated the birds from the main group. In meat birds, it it...
  16. JennyFromTheBawk

    Meat Chick with vent gleet?

    Hello, This is our first time with meat birds (but we’ve had laying hens for a few years). We have 40 Cornish Giants and they’re 4.5 weeks old living their best life in a couple pastured chicken tractors. The other day I discovered one male was getting picked on and his butt was bloody. He’s...
  17. Ruthster55

    Iconoclasm

    A couple of weeks ago, I got 8 young hatchery-quality Plymouth Barred Rocks. They were young enough they needed to spend a couple nights in the house. Boy, were they ever messy! They are nicknamed athe Messies for a reason. They also went berserk when night fell because they were accustomed to...
  18. MamaGer8ty

    Is it normal at this age?

    So, I don’t know the breed, but is it normal for an almost 12wk old rooster to already be getting jiggy with some hens? I was spending some time with them and El Diablo just went up to our 4wk old Cornish cross hen and grabbed the neck feathers and went at it. I’m new to all this so I don’t know...
  19. H

    Cornish X color variants?

    Hi y’all! My latest batch of broilers (1/2 Cornish cross, 1/2 freedom rangers) was a “test batch” from a new hatchery. Some of the Cornish are... not what I’m used to seeing. Several of them have patches of black feathers. They have had them since I got them as day-old chicks. They all seem...
  20. Xouie

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