Cornish chickens... need help!!!

[americana-chick]

i need to know if there is anythign special you need to keep a cornish chicken alive for a very long time? you see i do not kill my chickies but i axcidently brabed a cornish "i think" with some buff orpington pullets.. he/she was in the pen with them so i didnt even think to look and see the differnce! and if it turns out to be a rooster "i dont know if the cage had PULLET on it or strait run..." will it make other little cornish chickies? i dont want that to happen... AT ALL!! unless of coarse cornish chickens dont die early... then it might be a differnt story. and if they lay eggs okish.. please help me and let me know everything you know about cornish chickens. THANKS!!!

 

[pkeeler]

There is a breed called Cornish and then there are Cornish Crosses (usually with Plymouth Rocks). The Cornish breed is stout, but does not grow anything like the Cornish Cross. It is a normal chicken that will breed true. I don't think you would have to change anything to raise a Cornish with Orpingtons. The white laced red cornish looks a lot like a buff orpington as a chick.

 

[americana-chick]

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well they die at an early age because of rapid growth? and whatdo you mean by breed true? oh and one more thing i am not sure if it is a cornish or cornis cross i think maybe cornish cross so what do you say about that?

 

[Marlinchaser]

How old are your chicks?

If it is a cornishX within a week you will know, it will be twice the size of the other chicks. If you have a cornishX you will need to restrict its food intake after the first week, if it is a cornish, then you have nothing to worry about raise the same as the other chicks.

 

[Marlinchaser]

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not if you only have one, it may however make your orphington eggs fertile, and you will have some big mutts on your hands if you let them hatch out.

 

[americana-chick]

do cornish chickens die earlier than other chickens? that is the only thing i am worried about.. and i dont even know if it is a roo or hen yet.. but i do know my orps are hens

and my babies are about 2-3 days old