Best start to 2021!! Cornish layers?! 🤔

[CNJ]

Yeah. I got 5 chicks. There HUGE compared to my tiny bantam chicks! They are way healthier than their mom. The legs and wings a better but their still fat and heavy.

I wonder what would happen if you bred the chicks back to the parents?

 

[Egg Snatcher]

I wonder what would happen if you bred the chicks back to the parents?

I'm gonna breed my f1 roo to his mom, and maybe to his sisters.

 

[OllieBollie]

My girls laid an egg yesterday and two today. It seems like a lot, but then again I’m coming from not expecting any eggs.
I’ve noticed three of the hens comb and wattles have been getting a brighter red and a little bigger. They were small and paler than the others. Is that typical?

Are yours bantam Cornishx or standard? Do you have pictures of them?

I’m unsure whether they are bantam Cornish cross or standard, but I suspect most likely standard.
I do have pictures below.

 

[Egg Snatcher]

My girls laid an egg yesterday and two today. It seems like a lot, but then again I’m coming from not expecting any eggs.
I’ve noticed three of the hens comb and wattles have been getting a brighter red and a little bigger. They were small and paler than the others. Is that typical?

I’m unsure whether they are bantam Cornish cross or standard, but I suspect most likely standard.
I do have pictures below. View attachment 2474235View attachment 2474236View attachment 2474240

Yes I'd say yours are standard compared to the cantaloupe. I'm not sure on the combs but my hens don't have large comb and wattles.
Here's my hens.

 

[OllieBollie]

What breed is the second chicken? Are the neck bald on all or were her feathers plucked?

 

[Egg Snatcher]

What breed is the second chicken? Are the neck bald on all or were her feathers plucked?

her daddy's a nacked neck. The 3rd pic if her sister, but I don't think she got the NN.
Here's her dad.

 

[CNJ]

My girls laid an egg yesterday and two today. It seems like a lot, but then again I’m coming from not expecting any eggs.
I’ve noticed three of the hens comb and wattles have been getting a brighter red and a little bigger. They were small and paler than the others. Is that typical?

I’m unsure whether they are bantam Cornish cross or standard, but I suspect most likely standard.
I do have pictures below. View attachment 2474235View attachment 2474236View attachment 2474240

I think you may need to ease up on the food if you are planning on breeding them. They look like they headed for the freezer............

 

[OllieBollie]

I don’t plan on breeding them. They eat twice a day, 1 scoop using a dog food scooper, in the am, and less than that in pm. We switched their food and restricted more, and we’re starting to see the results from that now. Those pictures above were from Halloween, my babies eating one of our jack o lanterns. They were not too interested at first and then after awhile they loved it.