Aseel Sire Cornish/Rock hens as meat cross

The problem with those Asian game breeds is that they develop their fleshing so slow that their meat is tough by the time they mature.
Yes, they have the structure to put up a large breast and large drumsticks but take long to do it that is why the need to be crossed with an early maturing fast growing breed.
 
Yes, they have the structure to put up a large breast and large drumsticks but take long to do it that is why the need to be crossed with an early maturing fast growing breed.
I believe the Cornish X already has the Genetics of that frame work in them from when Sir Walter Raleigh did his cross 450 years ago. Which is why I prefer Dorkings because their large breast comes from a different trait... a very long breast bone. Take the plumpness of the CX or even Dark Cornish and combine it with a Dorkings long deep keel. Thats my plan. If you get the chance to cross an Aseel or Shamo with a CX its highly likely you prove me wrong on this because I am guessing with very little experience. I started crossing meat birds to heritage birds just a year ago and I have not crossed a CX and I have never seen a Shamo outside of pictures or video. I saw an Aseel once but did not pay attention to it. I actually do not recall it being very large but who knows how old it was.
 
I believe the Cornish X already has the Genetics of that frame work in them from when Sir Walter Raleigh did his cross 450 years ago.
It's actually closer to 200 years, I must say that I just don't believe that such cross would produce the modern Cornish we have today, the Old English Games we have today are slow to mature and don't put much weight at all, this is a cross of Aseel and a American Type game which is rather popular cross in the Game cock side of the poultry industry now.

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Perhaps the OEG from around early 1800s were much heavier than today's standard


I prefer Dorkings because their large breast comes from a different trait.
Sadly I don't have access to Dorkings
 
Sadly I don't have access to Dorkings

It took me years to find them, I even tried Hatchery Quality... they all died. Eventually I found a breeder with Dorking's and when I bred them 90% (maybe 75% I didn't do the math) died before they matured. Its why I am mixing them with Red Rangers and breeding those back to Dorkings. They need a boost to their Genetic Diversity.
 
@nicalandia have you crossed any Shamo or Aseels to make any type of meat bird yet? If you did or will do in the future share the results in here the meat bird community could sure use the information on such a project. Who knows you might end up making something the revolutionizes the meat bird industry.
 
Who knows you might end up making something the revolutionizes the meat bird industry.

I am about to do it very soon and share the results for sure, but I am afraid that the Dark Cornish mated to CornishX is about two steps ahead in that department due to them being so much heavier than Aseels, I can't get my hands on even bad quality DC but I believe the the F1 males of Asil/Red Ranger rooster should be a good sire when mated to fee restricted CornishX(otherwise they will be too fat and not healthy for breeding)
 
Why are regular cornish(non-hybrid) so hard to find?
I'm having a hard to finding them..
Is it because the commercial meat industry wants all of them to make Cornish-rock chicks?
 

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