BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

[Kev]

Cockerel group of pure Dark Cornish





Pullet group of 3/4DC 1/4CX - white or splash in color

Thanks again. The skunk one definitely is a male.. at least one of the girls is barred, which is a sex linked gene. She will throw cockerels with white head spot/back and daughters without. A little tricky to go by if one or more of the white hens are not barred.. those won;t throw any barreds/cute skunklets.

 

[lpatelski]

Thanks again. The skunk one definitely is a male.. at least one of the girls is barred, which is a sex linked gene. She will throw cockerels with white head spot/back and daughters without. A little tricky to go by if one or more of the white hens are not barred.. those won;t throw any barreds/cute skunklets.

Thanks Kev,

I will document and track the dot heads and dark heads.
I did have a sexlink thing with my DC rooster BamBam and CX Betty. All pullets were splash, cockerels born white and leaked red after a few molts.

 

[abbevilleoz]

@lpatelski. Geez, these poor chicks were laid right after a hurricane and hatched right in time for Hurricane Matthew. Hope it stays far enough away from us!

 

[lpatelski]

@lpatelski . Geez, these poor chicks were laid right after a hurricane and hatched right in time for Hurricane Matthew. Hope it stays far enough away from us!

I should probably give them hurricane names!

I dub thee Matthew...

 

[abbevilleoz]

I should probably give them hurricane names! I dub thee Matthew...

 

[NanaKat]

Quote: Thank you. Yes, the young hens are from the January/February hatch. The older pullet/hen is from last July. Then I still have two of my foundation hens (6 years old) to breed to the nicest of the two cockerels. The sire of the cockerels is now 3 years old and I will breed him back to two of his daughters and to the foundation hens in the fall 2017. Good thing I toe punch and keep pen records.

 

[lpatelski]

Batch #2 hatch so far: 7 of 8

(4)F3 generation - 7/8 Dark Cornish crossbred chicks white.
(3)F2 generation(green mark) - 50DC/50CX two white/one black tux
(1) unhatched unpipped F2 generation - 50DC/50CX



Okay check out the last egg 12 midnite 10/7/16 well okay 10/8/16. Developed to about 16 days again and quit.
So Batch#2 stands at 7 chicks. 6 white, 1 black.

 

[CanadianBuckeye]

Batch #2 hatch so far: 7 of 8

(4)F3 generation - 7/8 Dark Cornish crossbred chicks white.
(3)F2 generation(green mark) - 50DC/50CX two white/one black tux
(1) unhatched unpipped F2 generation - 50DC/50CX



Okay check out the last egg 12 midnite 10/7/16 well okay 10/8/16. Developed to about 16 days again and quit.
So Batch#2 stands at 7 chicks. 6 white, 1 black.

I was wondering if you were keeping track of egg weights? In the photo they look like decent size eggs, 60 gram range perhaps?

 

[lpatelski]

I was wondering if you were keeping track of egg weights? In the photo they look like decent size eggs, 60 gram range perhaps?

Usually I do, the smaller pullet eggs I have not bothered. The larger eggs are from Pebbles 65-68g.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I should probably give them hurricane names!

I dub thee Matthew...

All my chickens have numbers, not names. But that is the best reason I've ever heard to name chickens.