A Cornish X and a ??

[SueNH]

Possibly slow white broiler as opposed to the nearly instant roasters?

They don't grow as fast or have nearly the problems the faster growers do.

Most of the hatcheries carry red and black broilers now along with the giant meat mutants. I noticed Welp has slow white as well.

I'm thinking you may just have a pair of decent sized white rocks.

 

[Dustin Biery]

The white broilers dont grow slow. They grow out to maturity 7-9# live weight by 8 weeks. Both of these birds look to be white rocks and they are both males.

 

[Flycropper]

Thanks for the great replies. I am going to weigh him this evening. I had pretty much come to terms with him being a meat bird and even wrote on my calendar when to process (nice euphemism) him.

He acts so much like a cornish cross from what I've read here. He sits around all day mostly in front of the feeder. He won't or can't roost. When he does go outside he'll forage for a bit but then just lay in the shade on a cool spot of earth and peck at whatever grasses are near by. He matured so much faster than all the other roos in his brood. He's just so fat and round.

B/c of his fast maturation and size he's established himself as the ruler of the roost. I caught one of the other pullets the other evening to examine her and the big white one came marching over to me all puffed up. He backed off when I stood up.

The picture of the other white chicken I do wonder if that is a meat bird. That one is much more slender.

I'll weigh the big one and let you all know what I come up with. He's right at 8 weeks or a little more.

Thanks for all the help.

 

[Flycropper]

The bigger white one is 3 lbs without feed restriction. At about 8 weeks old.

Still a cornish X or some other kind of meat bird?

 

[professor-yellow]

I have White Rocks about the same age. look very similar.

 

[Flycropper]

I do agree. I looked at a lot of pics today on-line of white rocks and white leghorns. The big one sure does look like a White Rock.

Do you think both of these are roos or is the smaller of the two a hen?

 

[Dustin Biery]

If they only weigh 3 lbs at 8 wks on free choice feed, its got to be the slowest growing broiler ever. I still be on white rocks

 

[mmajw]

My meat birds at 7-8 weeks on free choice feed weigh about 12-14 pounds.

 

[Flycropper]

Thanks for helping me figure this out.

That big one is getting more dominant everyday. He got after a smaller roo and a hen this morning who were crowding him at the water dish.

Kids named him Sugar but he is not so sweet. This keeps up we'll be having Sugar for dinner some night and it won't be on cereal.