Accidenlty got a meat bird?

[aart]

Post some pics.

 

[mc79]

 

[Klsullivan99]

Post some pics.

Here’s some pics. It’s the fatter yellow one I’m concerned about. The yellow chicks were all the same size to start. The production red ones were a few days older.

 

[BlackHackle]

Can I see a picture. Real White Plymouth Rocks normally grow really big. They are like the sussex. I have sussex that are 2.5 months and they are twice the size of my other breeds which are 4 months

 

[BlackHackle]

Here’s some pics. It’s the fatter yellow one I’m concerned about. The yellow chicks were all the same size to start. The production red ones were a few days older.

That's a Cornish Cross. You can really tell by the fast feathering and broad body

 

[Klsullivan99]

Here’s some pics. It’s the fatter yellow one I’m concerned about. The yellow chicks were all the same size to start. The production red ones were a few days older.

 

[BlackHackle]

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Cornish X all the way

 

[Klsullivan99]

Cornish X all the way

the other two yellow ones don't look Cornish do they? the Cornish hen is the meat chicken right? bummer..

 

[50-45-1]

I ordered a hatchery choice group of chicks once and ended up with a cornish hen.
Honestly she was the sweetest bird. Very friendly
She lived about 3 years. Her name was murtle as she moved as fast as turtle. I had to fix her a spot in a crate to lay her eggs (yes she laid one or 2 eggs a week) and a comfy ground box to sleep in as of course she could not roost.
if she had been a he, i would have not tried to keep her.

 

[llombardo]

I know the TSC by me has a whole bin of the Cornish. I've read stories of people keeping them and limiting food and upping exercise. It's sad that people get these guys on accident and get attached before you know it.