biggest chicken in the frezer at 8 weeks??

Just had 47 processed and our biggest was 6.830 at 8 weeks 4 days old.

 

24 last week, ranged from 4.5 to 6.75 pounds. Most of my roosters were 6 and over. Butchered the day before turning 8 weeks.

 

50 Cornish crosses at 8 weeks to the day. Avg.6.4 lbs but there were three monsters one 7.73, 8.12, and 8.40 lbs.

 

What hatcheries did your Cornish Xs come from? (to all who have responded, and those yet to respond)

 

My cornish x's are still growing but I ordered from Meyer hatchery here in Ohio. It's not very far from me and they seem to have very nice chicks in all breeds.

 

I've had several of them hit 7+ pounds in 8 weeks in Fall batches, but never in Spring/Summer batches. They seem to eat a lot more when the weather is cooler. Makes sense, I tend to eat less when it's hot.

 

I've been getting mine from Welp.

 

our biggest out of 23 was 5.5 lbs in 7 weeks, our smallest (by comparison) was little over 3.