Aseel Sire Cornish/Rock hens as meat cross

[Compost King]

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?

Just about every breed is hard for me to come across unless I am willing to be satisfied with hatchery quality. For most breeds I am satisfied with Hatchery quality but when I breed for meat I need something a bit better. I try to find breeders locally and offer to buy a cull provided its not culled for being small. I got my Dorking Rooster as a Cull because his comb had a defect.

 

[nicalandia]

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?

It's really a mystery.

The Cornish and Rock lines used as Great-Grand parents(to make Grand parents) are many folds more productive than current Cornish and Rock breeds, they have been bred to have the most growth in the first 8 weeks of age since 1950's very little or no new blood have been introduced since then

 

[bigz1983]

Just about every breed is hard for me to come across unless I am willing to be satisfied with hatchery quality. For most breeds I am satisfied with Hatchery quality but when I breed for meat I need something a bit better. I try to find breeders locally and offer to buy a cull provided its not culled for being small. I got my Dorking Rooster as a Cull because his comb had a defect.

I can't find white cornish at any of the hatcheries or at least what they list on a Google search. I found dark cornish and red laced cornish at 2 big hatcheries. That's it..

 

[Compost King]

https://www.welphatchery.com/layer-type-chicks/cornish-dark-straight-run/

https://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/dark_cornish.html

https://www.idealpoultry.com/product/1672/0

https://www.purelypoultry.com/dark-cornish-chickens-p-366.html

 

[nicalandia]

https://www.welphatchery.com/layer-type-chicks/cornish-dark-straight-run/

https://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/dark_cornish.html

https://www.idealpoultry.com/product/1672/0

https://www.purelypoultry.com/dark-cornish-chickens-p-366.html

Thanks, too bad they don't do International Shipping, I guess is up to me to reinvent the wheel with Asils and CornishX for a pseudo Cornish type.

 

[Compost King]

oh man that's terrible, I hate when borders block us from getting something good.

 

[bigz1983]

I think I will just get dark cornish chicks. White Cornish are to hard to get.

 

[Compost King]

White Cornish are expensive to get too

 

[bigz1983]

Yes Quite Meaty

This is the result of a Dark Cornish over a White CornishX hen

How's the long givity and how well do the legs hold up on that cross?

 

[nicalandia]

How's the longevity and how well do the legs hold up on that cross?

I am not sure you would need to ask the breeder @lpatelski but going by her results show that they don't have leg issues

Post: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/dark-cornish-white-rock-cross.878547/page-3#post-16250157

Posting what lpatelski posted back in 2014 so her pictures show, Bob is quite the huge Cornish/Cornishx cross

"Okay I have a little update: No records of any kind being broken here, but good healthy weights.

All the progeny below are a Pure Dark Cornish "BamBam" over a McMurray Cornish


Bob DOH(Date of Hatch) 8/20/15 is 17 weeks today and weighs 11 pounds 2.7 ounces







Bob as a youngster I used grams so he was 1448g on 9/24/15 so a little over 3 pounds at 35 days.