Cornish game hen

[PotterWatch]

Ours eat the same food their entire lives.

 

[SIMZ]

That's all I needed to know! I keep picturing my puny Orpington roosters that we butchered. Cornish never really look puny, do they?

 

[PotterWatch]

Nope! They're always nice and plump.

 

[southernfried]

Cornish X's are not Cornish game hen killed at a younger age. They are a cross between a White Plymouth Rock and a Cornish Game Hen. You can not breed Cornish X's to Cornish X's and get the same chicken, the breed degrades to an undesirable food source. They are easy to raise, just be ready to butcher between 4 to 6 weeks. You can get the same breed by breeding white Plymouth rocks and Cornish hens.

 

[SJ]

The terms: Cornish, CornishX, Cornish Game, Cornish Hen, Game Hen, Cornish Game Hen, and Jumbo Cornish Rock Cross are used so interchangeably on these forums perhaps i can offer some clarity.

Cornish: An APA and others clubs, recognized breed in both standard and bantam sizes. Tracing it lineage back to crosses between Indian Asils and Old English Games. (A failed attempt at breeding a bulldogish pit fowl. Really, look it up.) AKA: Indian Game, Cornish Game

CornishX: A hybrid of mysterious lineage. It is more than just a White Rock crossed with a Cornish. The modern commercial meat bird.

Cornish Game: 1.Used in reference to the Cornwall area tradition of gambling, blood sports and the breeding of animals for the pit. 2. A breed of chicken who heritage can be traced to Cornwall.

Cornish Hen: 1. A female older than a year of Cornish breeding. 2. A small and wide meat chicken of either male or female gender. Usually processed at a young age. 3: A single serving whole bird meal presentation of chicken.

Game Hen: A hen of game-fowl breeding.

Cornish Game Hen: 1.Can be used in the reference to any female of the Cornish breed. 2. Cornish Hen Definitions 2 & 3.

Jumbo Cornish Rock Cross: The CornishX under another name with "Jumbo" added for marketing reasons.

 

[Donnalou]

Hi All.. I was given two big white "corn hen & rooster". They are around 6 months old and probably 20 pounds. Are they going to be tough eating?