4-H Chickens - What Breed?

[teckkev]

Last year, I had a hen and several roosters left over. They look like White Leghorns, but other White breeds look similiar to Leghorns. Anyone know the real breed of the chickens 4-H uses? My roosters are beyond hefty! In fact, when the dominate rooster gets into a fight with the neighbors rooster, my 4-H rooster falls on its back and can't get back up. I have to check on him daily to ensure he isn't on his backside. 1st time I sae it, I figured it was dead by losing the fight. No, it was alive and uninjured.

Sorry for the story added to the question

Thanks,
Kevin

 

[ramirezframing]

a picture would help but they sound like they could be white cornish rock crosses... meat brids

 

[teckkev]

 

[RhodeRunner]

Yes, they are Cornish X meat fowl.

 

[teckkev]

Thanks, I can stop calling them Leghornes now (**** Foghorn Leghorn), lol Since I have a hen in the batch, I guess eggs would be good to incubate for meat chickens.

Kevin

 

[RhodeRunner]

You can incubate them, but they may not be fertile. Meat fowl tend to have a hard time mating. In the commercial world they don't actually breed Cornish X to Cornish X, they breed a Cornish to a Plymouth Rock. This is easier as the parenting birds will be healthier, lay more, eat less, mate naturally, and give their chicks that hybrid vigor.

 

[ramirezframing]

meat birds don't breed true. but if you cross to a different breed of chicken as I have you still come out with a big bird. they just don't grow as fast or as big, but don't have the health issues either. good luck

 

[BlueCamas]

They look like Cornish Rock crosses to me