Cackle Hatchery issues (I do not suggest using them)

[RoostersAreAwesome]

How old are they? (Or if you do not still have them, how long did you keep them?)

I have seen some chicks that grew barred-looking feathers first, and later grew laced feathers as they got older.

And purebred Cornish do grow slowly. They also have close-fitting feathers, so they look smaller than other chickens that are the same weight. The common "Cornish cross" meat birds that grow so fast originated as a crossing with a White Rock, to get them to grow faster.

If they were still mis-marked when they grew up, and never grew to an appropriate weight, then I certainly agree that is a problem. But sometimes chicks go through weird stages as they grow, and turn out fine when they mature.


Not from McMurray. They offer the standards but not the bantams.

Ah. Though hatchery cornish shouldn’t be expected to look like heritage cornish anyway.

 

[Mutchi]

oooooo a four leged chicken im interested do you still have it?(can i see pics)

 

[VeryHappyHens]

How old are they? (Or if you do not still have them, how long did you keep them?)

I have seen some chicks that grew barred-looking feathers first, and later grew laced feathers as they got older.

And purebred Cornish do grow slowly. They also have close-fitting feathers, so they look smaller than other chickens that are the same weight. The common "Cornish cross" meat birds that grow so fast originated as a crossing with a White Rock, to get them to grow faster.

If they were still mis-marked when they grew up, and never grew to an appropriate weight, then I certainly agree that is a problem. But sometimes chicks go through weird stages as they grow, and turn out fine when they mature.


Not from McMurray. They offer the standards but not the bantams.

12 weeks old. Mabye they do have barring when their young and mabye it will change when shes older but they are smaller than the whole batch of chicks they are far the smallest of all.

 

[Cecisflock]

re you sure it’s a sex link? Maybe they gave you the wrong breed. For instance, both sexes of amberlinks look like red sex link males.

I am very sure. They are a cross between a Rhode Island Red roo and White Leghorn hen

oooooo a four leged chicken im interested do you still have it?(can i see pics)

I do! her name is clover and she is my PFP and I linked her article in my signature https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/4-legged-chick-clover.1449620/

 

[JacinLarkwell]

12 weeks old. Mabye they do have barring when their young and mabye it will change when shes older but they are smaller than the whole batch of chicks they are far the smallest of all.

At 12 weeks, they're not going to look like perfectly laced ones. My 3 WLR and the 2 BLR I had for fair all looked pretty ugly until they were about 5 months old

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

I went through them and I will never do it again.

 

[Mutchi]

I am very sure. They are a cross between a Rhode Island Red roo and White Leghorn hen

I do! her name is clover and she is my PFP and I linked her article in my signature https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/4-legged-chick-clover.1449620/

oh! ok!

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

I went through them and I will never do it again.

They were not nice at all. Then they didn’t really help with anything, it was just basically i ordered the chicks and that was all.

 

[Cecisflock]

oh! ok!

She loves attention and GRASS!

 

[Cecisflock]

They were not nice at all. Then they didn’t really help with anything, it was just basically i ordered the chicks and that was all.

Yes! I am most angry about the customer service! HORRIBLE.