Are we Cornish Rocks? *UPDATE PG 13*

[Robin'sBrood]

At 13 weeks of age one or both of my CR boys started to crow so it was, sadly, time to say goodbye to them. My uncle took them - I don't want to know their fate.

 

[Robin'sBrood]

One of my CR girls laid an egg! I think it was Maude, who had developed quite a large, red comb over the last few weeks. Shouldn't be long before Ethel starts laying...

 

[OSUman]

how old are they again??

 

[raroo]

Robin'sBrood :

One of my CR girls laid an egg! I think it was Maude, who had developed quite a large, red comb over the last few weeks. Shouldn't be long before Ethel starts laying...

Nice!!

What colour is it? I'm interested to know if other Cornish X lay speckled eggs too!

Yay, thats awesome!​

 

[my first peepers]

I am raising my first CornishX right now for meat...I have heard that if they were allowed to live past butchering they would have such bad leg/organ problems that they couldn't survive. Is this actually true?
Has anyone raised CX to adulthood?

 

[Robin'sBrood]

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Nice!!

What colour is it? I'm interested to know if other Cornish X lay speckled eggs too!

Yay, thats awesome!

Not speckled, it was a very light tan color... and a nice, big double yolker.

It looked like there was another one out there today that was shell-less, but I didn't dare touch it because it looked pretty gross. She isn't using the dog house I put in there for them to nest in, she is laying on the dirt under the deck.

 

[Judy]

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Yes, they have occasionally been raised to adulthood. There are threads on here about it. They need special care, they get huge, and they are still not likely to live over 2 years or so, if that. One fellow on here had a roo that I believe was submitted to Guinness. Others have laying hens.

Not all Cornish X are the same, at all; they vary not only between hatcheries, but from one season or year to the next from the same hatcheries, and no doubt between individuals.

But the problems you have heard about are true for most of them. They grow so fast that hearts and bone strength can't keep up with growth rate beyond the usual 6 or 8 weeks, if that.

 

[Robin'sBrood]

My two girls hatched on St. Patrick's Day, so they are almost 5 months old. They are very big (and sweet... I call them our feathered dogs, lol), but I've had them on a restricted diet since they were 3 weeks old, so they probably aren't as big as they could be.

 

[raroo]

Robin'sBrood :

Quote:
Nice!!

What colour is it? I'm interested to know if other Cornish X lay speckled eggs too!

Yay, thats awesome!

Not speckled, it was a very light tan color... and a nice, big double yolker.

It looked like there was another one out there today that was shell-less, but I didn't dare touch it because it looked pretty gross. She isn't using the dog house I put in there for them to nest in, she is laying on the dirt under the deck.

Sounds just like Greta's eggs.

She lays the big double yolkers too. I also had a problem with her laying soft shelled eggs. After I added a vitamin supplement with extra calcium to their water the problem stopped. Several days ago she was acting egg bound and I found two nearly shell-less eggs, one in the nest box, and the other where she was sitting right before she got up. Poor girl, she had me sick with worry!

 

[Robin'sBrood]

Both of my CR girls are laying pretty regularly now.

Maude laid one yesterday that was so big it looks like it should have come from a turkey! I can't wait to see how many yolks are in that one.