Cornish cross my huge egg laying hen!

[godachicken]

Hello. Anyone every hatched eggs from a Cornish cross? How did the chicks look??? I have a HUGE Cornish cross hen that started laying eggs 2 weeks ago. She is 16 lbs! After her first egg, I paired her up with my 8.5 lb Thai gamefowl. Her 3rd egg laid was fertile. I currently have 7 of her eggs in the incubator. Today I switched in my blue wheaten Malay rooster. I hope to get fertile eggs from them in a couple/few weeks. I have no idea how long she will live and keep laying. So far she seems very healthy. I can’t wait to see how the chicks will end up. She is laying 5 eggs a week so far. No pullet eggs here! Her eggs are freakishly huge.

Last picture here she is next to a novagen laying hen. She is an absolute hulk of a hen.

 

[Nigel27]

Those are double yokers and usually don’t hatch but can produce twins

 

[JustAChickenLoverOverHere]

Those are double yokers and usually don’t hatch but can produce twins

I’m going to have to agree.

There is a very recent thread, though, maybe a week or so back, about a double yolker that made it to hatch day, but sadly the twin on the opposite side of the air cell pipped first, and while trying to get out, pipped on a vein and both chicks bled out. Even though they didn’t hatch, it’s pretty cool they made it that far. Most day make it past a week.

 

[godachicken]

The first 3 were also huge, but not double yokes.

 

[DucksAreBest]

Hello, welcome to BackYard Chickens! Thank you for joining our community.

 

[Weeg]

That will be an interesting pare up if they make it to hatch. How neat!
I have raising 2 Cornish X as pets as well, I can imagine they will be giant birds! You have a beautiful healthy looking hen.

 

[godachicken]

Hello! How long did you keep your Cornish cross as pets? I m wondering if she will live more than a year. At 16 lbs I don’t think her body will last. But she walks just fine and looks healthy. Very friendly hen. I hope someone has input on doing a cross with them. My Thai and Malay are bigger fowl and I m assuming any offspring she be larger than normal.

 

[Weeg]

Hello! How long did you keep your Cornish cross as pets? I m wondering if she will live more than a year. At 16 lbs I don’t think her body will last. But she walks just fine and looks healthy. Very friendly hen. I hope someone has input on doing a cross with them. My Thai and Malay are bigger fowl and I m assuming any offspring she be larger than normal.

You have to restrict there feed. Do you do that or let her eat as much as she wants? Cornish X as pets don't usually live more then 2 years, but I think it will be a super fun experiment! I actually have a thread about Cornish X as pets, its kinda a ghost thread since no one has posted on it, but feel free to bring it back to life!

 

[Chick-N-Fun]

Welcome to our FUNomenal Flock!

Happy Hatching!

 

[CluckerFamily]

Welcome to BYC!!