Mine could fly up to a 3-4 ft place and flap/climb to the top of this coop....they also roosted on the top of the water bucket in the coop, the top of which was 3 1/2 ft. off the floor. They flew to the top of the picnic table as well. You'll get out of your CX what you allow them to do. Mine were brooded outside in an open air coop in early March with temps in the 30s still at night and only 50s in the day, were free ranging at 2 wks and doing without the heat lamp at 3 wks. altogether.
Whatever you say.
Some of mine were living with the layers, and they still were not active, and did not want to free range with the others. This was at about 5-7 weeks though.
I have talked to others with this kind, and everyone has the same outcome. Your chickens must have been into monster drinks.
Nope. Just started out at 2 wks on free range, not offered continuous feed so they'd be hungry enough to forage and then given ample room and freedom to hunt for their own feed. Then they got fed once a day in the evening. They were nothing special, they were just treated like a normal bird and so behaved more normally. If you listen to others that didn't provide these things and report bad results and then you repeat their methods, you'll likely get the same results.
Dare to push the envelope of what these birds can do and you'll be surprised. I've been free ranging birds of all kinds off and on for 37 yrs and never have I seen foragers that range out and forage as long as these CX.
Here's a thread of another lady that did the same thing....
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...-your-cornish-x-meaties-tractors-do-not-count
Here's a vid of when they were older....I kept them up to 11 wks and they were still flying up to the roosts and the water bucket clear up to the end.
