A Cornish Cross (Breeding?) Journey

[ABQ chicken keeper]

Waiting for dark Cornish x white rock (crosses or purebreds of either possible). I expect to have them on Monday though they should have been here today . Not expecting a great hatch rate even if they all arrive intact. Incubator can hold 42 if set vertically in egg cartons which is what I’m doing. May very well set a couple eggs on top of the 42 as I’m sure I’ll be removing at least a few duds from mine and likely several from the eBay eggs.

I let the breeding group out to roam and mingle with the main flock and poor Junior was chased around by my EE cockerel. Oddly it seems the main roo is okay with Jr so long as he isn’t caught chasing hens. I think I’ll cull the EE boy on my next day off, been debating on it for a while now so I think it’s time. Hopefully if I let hens hatch some eggs in the future they will either be Junior’s or the blue copper maran, both of which have their own merits genetically.

Thanks for the update, I hope the Corishxwhite rock eggs arrive intact, as in not scrambled.