A Cornish Cross (Breeding?) Journey

[D1N0]

Unrelated to the main topic of your post, but what is it you did there with the chicken legs of the processed chickens? How did you tie them together with another piece of skin, and can you cook them this way in the oven?

Looks interesting to me and I've never seen that done before!

You can make them into a stew

 

[D1N0]

You can make them into a stew

Along with other organ(also dogs are crazy for dry liver and more of the organs)

 

[DemeterAD9]

Also cornish-cross can't breed

And why not? The only thing stopping them is their size and that mainly applies to the roosters as they would have trouble mounting the hens. That and if they are not kept on feed restriction and exercise they don’t often make it to sexual maturity anyways. Unless you are saying they don’t breed true, in which case that is correct.

Chunky has not been on feed restriction but she is quite active for a Cornish cross and in far better shape than her buddies were. Her comb and waddles are getting red and growing, the young cockerels have taken an interest in her as well. Which ultimately led to the early demise of 2 particularly persistent 12 week olds. I can’t have Chunky getting too stressed in this hot weather we’re getting. Most of her adult feathers have come in now, just working on some wing feathers from what I can tell. She’s not great at foraging but she tries.

 

[Molpet]

Also cornish-cross can't breed

the males are problematic with the large chest, but my pullet had fertilized eggs....I guess she didn't get the can't bred memo


other people have bred them also
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/raising-large-table-birds.68027/

 

[D1N0]

Well it not a pure I'm talking pure breed of cornish cross, also you can get cornish cross by breeding cornish and Plymouth?

 

[D1N0]

And if you could then each offspring will be less and less the parent

 

[D1N0]

Bc they are already so inbreed