Cornish chicks mixed with other chick breeds ok?

[Junipere]

Hi, and welcome to BYC!
Most people do not raise them together, for the reasons other people have mentioned. The Cornish Cross is the same bird you buy in the grocery store. Those are usually processed at about 6 to 8 weeks old.
They eat quite a lot, and are not very good layers, if they live that long. If you got them at a store, maybe you could see if you could exchange them for layers? How old are they? Could you post a photo of them for us?

Thank you for welcoming me. I got them at my local Tractor Supply Co. They are 2 and a half weeks old. I’ve included pictures.

 

[RosemaryDuck]

Thank you for welcoming me. I got them at my local Tractor Supply Co. They are 2 and a half weeks old. I’ve included pictures.

Those do look like Cornish X, just by how wide the feet are and how round they already look. But I'm not an expert. I'll tag some others here too to see what they think.

@sourland

 

[Junipere]

Pictures help. My Cornish bantams did grow faster than the other bantams, but that's because they were developed as a meat bird. They are still healthy, since they are a natural meat bird

They are much bigger than the other chicks that are the same age. They are less active then the other chicks and sit down when eating vs standing like the other chicks.

 

[Junipere]

Those do look like Cornish X, just by how wide the feet are and how round they already look. But I'm not an expert. I'll tag some others here too to see what they think.

@sourland

Thank you for your help.

 

[Junipere]

They are raised to Get fat fast so you keep them separate so that they get the dietary needs they need to get fat fast cause their bread to be eaten If you don't want to raise them to be butchered it's not a good idea to get them because they get fat so fast that most of them cannot walk anymore after they get so old and then they starved to death which is worse than anything else that I can think of My husband did the same thing so I had to butcher them while my daughter was it school and just told her that they died

That is the worst outcome I can think of but I appreciate your honesty and help.

 

[Parront]

Thank you for welcoming me. I got them at my local Tractor Supply Co. They are 2 and a half weeks old. I’ve included pictures.

They sure do look like the meat birds I have raised. The layers picked on them after about 3 weeks, they got the run of the yard. They did not go far. They were over 10 pounds by 10 weeks old, and starting to not be able to walk very well. I bought them intending to process them. They were very good eating, some were over 10 pounds after cleaning them, better than turkey roasted.
I have tried to discourage some on here from trying to keep them as pets, but people do. You have to take extra care of them. They die easy as they get older.

 

[Junipere]

They sure do look like the meat birds I have raised. The layers picked on them after about 3 weeks, they got the run of the yard. They did not go far. They were over 10 pounds by 10 weeks old, and starting to not be able to walk very well. I bought them intending to process them. They were very good eating, some were over 10 pounds after cleaning them, better than turkey roasted.
I have tried to discourage some on here from trying to keep them as pets, but people do. You have to take extra care of them. They die easy as they get older.

Thank you for your help. I wish I knew someone who would want to take with the intent to process them, as I don’t (personally) have the ability to take their life. At the same time, I definitely don’t want to see them suffer if kept alive.

 

[Parront]

They are much bigger than the other chicks that are the same age. They are less active then the other chicks and sit down when eating vs standing like the other chicks.

That is why they got picked on by the layers I had. Even with 2 food dishes, the layers would peck the butts of the meat birds. Had to move them out.

 

[Parront]

Thank you for your help. I wish I knew someone who would want to take with the intent to process them, as I don’t (personally) have the ability to take their life. At the same time, I definitely don’t want to see them suffer if kept alive.

I would place an ad at the Tractor Supply where you got them for started Cornish Cross meat birds. Sell them if you can. Now that they are a couple of weeks old, they are over the difficult early chick stage. An ad in the local Craig's list might be good, under "farm and garden". Others want them, that is why they are at the store. If I were your neighbor, I would take them.

 

[Flockincrazy]

Thank you for welcoming me. I got them at my local Tractor Supply Co. They are 2 and a half weeks old. I’ve included pictures.

They look like CornishX to me I'm sorry