Breeding your own Cornish X

[lauranickerson]

Awesome. Thanks for the info!

 

[crowmama]

We have Plymouth Rock hens, and a White Chochin Roo. They should be laying consistently by March, so will isolate them from the rest of the flock, to get their fertilized eggs.
Incubate them...
We hope to do a few chicken tractors this Spring
Can check back, and let you know how our cross breed turned out!

 

[CCChickenman]

I'm very interested in breeding my own Cornish Cross someday! I know the famous mix was a Cornish rooster over a White Plymouth Rock hen. Wikipedia told me that that wasn't what today's cross is (at least that's what I took from it)


What is the best mix to get fast growing, meaty birds? Obviously they won't be exactly like the ones you buy as chicks, but as long as there is lots of meat, I'm okay with that!

Thanks in advance!

I recently bred Cornish cross chickens, and I was able to hatch 20 and there avg weight was consistent with the other Cornish x I raised before I had raised 200 in 1 year that I got from the hatchery the key is to feed them like a layer which is about 1/4 lb a day.I am in the middle of breeding a Cornish x with Plymouth rock results to come The new bred is a double rock cross.

 

[CCChickenman]

I recently bred Cornish cross chickens, and I was able to hatch 20 and there avg weight was consistent with the other Cornish x I raised before I had raised 200 in 1 year that I got from the hatchery the key is to feed them like a layer which is about 1/4 lb a day.I am in the middle of breeding a Cornish x with Plymouth rock results to come The new bred is a double rock cross.CCChickenman