A Cornish Cross (Breeding?) Journey

[DemeterAD9]

A Hubbard JA757 pullet of mine has started laying at 17 weeks. Her eggs are brown and very tiny. She also has some shell less misfires that have me a bit worried. But she acts generally normal, apart from some weird behaviours and increased aggressiveness.

Do you know if your pullet is a Ross 308, Cobb 500 or other CX strain? That could help with identifying the should be egg colour at least.

Came from Meyer so she should be Ross 308 or Cobb 500.

 

[NorthwoodsChick]

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!

I realize this is a month+ old but… when butchering avoid cutting or ripping too much skin when opening the abdominal cavity. When breast up on the table you want to reserve a good skin flap at the base of the cavity. Make a horizontal cut about 2 inches long and tuck the legs in.
This gives you a tidy professional presentation when packaged.