Any pictures of Marans rooster/cornish X hen offspring?

[charliethezero]

I'm thinking of getting a batch of straight run cornish X and keeping 2 of the biggest hens. I would like to cross them with a wheaten marans roo. I plan on keeping the 4 biggest F1 and just keep breeding. I haven't found any pictures of this cross though and am very curious to see the outcome.

 

[Habibs Hens]

might be a bit difficult as CX have leg and heart issues and don't think they will suvive that long

but

why not get some cornish (indian game) hens

and cross them

 

[SunnySkyFarm]

might be a bit difficult as CX have leg and heart issues and don't think they will suvive that long

but

why not get some cornish (indian game) hens

and cross them

x2

 

[eatwhatyougrow]

x2

hog wash. Have you ever kept them i have kept many cornx well past the 8 weeks have kept them foe breeders. Its about feed and bird management. If you feed any bird 24 seven with a 24% feed you run the chance for problems.

I would be interested to see what you came up with as i have some bc marans iam going to try this with this year

 

[charliethezero]

That would be great if you bred them too. I didn't get a chance to cross them last summer but will definitely be crossing them this summer. I haven't doubted that I could keep a cornish X to breeding age with proper management. It would be great to be able to have my chickens hatch chicks instead of always ordering them.

 

[eatwhatyougrow]

yeah i am working towards having a bird like that. i am thinking about doing a four way cross, Marans Roo x CornX Hen and then doing a Rainbow Dixie Roo over a Leghorn hen and then crosing the f1s from both of those, I have heard the Dixie Rainbows are a real big bird and closer to true dual purpose, so I am getting some this year to try. I am kicking around an idea to eventually have 2 lines that I would keep a strong egg line and a strong meat line and kind of do a rolling mating with them, i havent thought it all out yet, but my desire is to get to a good true dual purpose bird so that i can be free from ordering, you know the ultimate homesteading bird. i mean if you can breed intensivly for meat, and get the corn x and breed intensively for egg and get the leghorn or lsa i have to believe that you can eventually get to a true ultimate dual purpose bird. and i will have lots of chicken soup along the way eh? I will post pics as i begin this project this year.

 

[call ducks]

What you are really going to have an issue dealing with is the lack of laying ability from commerical ABCD broiler hens. Sure they will lay great for a bit but that maybe 15 eggs some quit early, and again you will get a lot of double yolked or over sized eggs that are not good for setting. ABCD birds can not be stunted properly.

 

[charliethezero]

If the hens lay only 15 or so eggs and are fertile wouldn't crossing the f1 back to a marans help with eggs? My plan is to breed f1xf1 and f1 x marans, then see what results of it. Anyway I'll have a freezer full.

 

[call ducks]

If the hens lay only 15 or so eggs and are fertile wouldn't crossing the f1 back to a marans help with eggs? My plan is to breed f1xf1 and f1 x marans, then see what results of it. Anyway I'll have a freezer full.

Well 15 eggs ( or 12 chicks with a 80% hatch rate) really is not enough to build a strong population off of. The laying is linked to the size of them. While others have had them lay more for longer it really depends on the strain you have.

 

[charliethezero]

I was planning on breeding more then just one hen so I wouldn't just have that few to start with. We will see what happens this summer.