Cornish cross hatching eggs?

[Sefirothe]

I can’t seem to find out why Cornish cross hatching eggs aren’t available for the back yard flock keeper to buy.

Is it just that the big hatcheries that keep the parent flocks don’t want to deal with small orders?

 

[Molpet]

Some hatcheries sell them... for more than a chick.
Cornish Cross Broiler Hatching Eggs https://share.google/1dzVZ7fNneenIiNM0

 

[Sefirothe]

Man, my searching skills must be chicken poop poor. Cecal poop poor even.

Meyer is my usual go to hatchery since they are closest to me. Dunno how I missed that listing.

The prices start to get closer as you order more of both chicks or eggs tho.

 

[Molpet]

There's days I can't find anything but the next day it pops right up.

 

[cassie]

Buying Cornish X hatching eggs is really not cost effective. You are better off to just buy chicks.

 

[Sefirothe]

Buying Cornish X hatching eggs is really not cost effective. You are better off to just buy chicks.

But I have a new incubator to break in!

 

[Molpet]

Shipped eggs are notorious for poor hatch rates.
I had several dz from 2 different places and one standard Cornish hatched.
I called him Steve Austin the 6 million dollar chicken. (Old TV show 6 million dollar man)

 

[Sefirothe]

I'm actually starting with hatching quail for now. I mostly just wanted to check my options as regular chicken hatching eggs are sorta a no go, we arent allowed roosters here. I suppose I could process any males before they started crowing, but that seems like a waste for layer type breeds mostly. Plus I"m at max capacity for layers.

 

[cassie]

But I have a new incubator to break in!

There is that. My neighbor in Missouri had a good small business hatching eggs for people. I have no idea what he charged.

 

[Tex452]

If you have commercial growers in your area you could possibly get eggs from a breeder farm, they are not supposed to give away or sell eggs other than the co they are contracted with but some do.