May 14, 2009 #1 kingmt Songster 11 Years Joined May 1, 2009 Messages 1,670 Reaction score 34 Points 231 Location Mason WV Can you breed two Cornish Rock & get a Cornish Rock or do you have to breed with the base stock? Editing because I can't spell. Last edited: May 14, 2009
Can you breed two Cornish Rock & get a Cornish Rock or do you have to breed with the base stock? Editing because I can't spell.
May 14, 2009 Thread starter #2 kingmt Songster 11 Years Joined May 1, 2009 Messages 1,670 Reaction score 34 Points 231 Location Mason WV Does anyone know?
May 14, 2009 #3 egggreenthumb In the Brooder 10 Years Joined May 10, 2009 Messages 70 Reaction score 2 Points 31 Location PR, a US territory since 1898 From my point of view, you have Cornish type, Rock type and Cornish Rock type.
May 14, 2009 #4 Byrdj Crowing 16 Years Joined Dec 7, 2008 Messages 332 Reaction score 13 Points 301 Location Gulf Breeze, FL Cornish Rocks are hybrids so they won't breed true. The hard part is keeping them alive long enough to make it to breeding age.
Cornish Rocks are hybrids so they won't breed true. The hard part is keeping them alive long enough to make it to breeding age.
May 14, 2009 #5 mwdh1 Songster 10 Years Joined Mar 21, 2009 Messages 811 Reaction score 33 Points 131 Location Indiana Cornish Rocks are a hybrid that do not breed true, most don't live to breeding age due to stress on their hearts.
Cornish Rocks are a hybrid that do not breed true, most don't live to breeding age due to stress on their hearts.
May 14, 2009 Thread starter #6 kingmt Songster 11 Years Joined May 1, 2009 Messages 1,670 Reaction score 34 Points 231 Location Mason WV What is the Rock that it is crossed with to get this breed?
May 14, 2009 #7 egggreenthumb In the Brooder 10 Years Joined May 10, 2009 Messages 70 Reaction score 2 Points 31 Location PR, a US territory since 1898 A hybrid is an offspring of different species. A Cornish and a Rock are from same specie, chickens, Due to their weight, not breeding easyly, but they can. See the story of ¨Bertha¨in Feathersite.
A hybrid is an offspring of different species. A Cornish and a Rock are from same specie, chickens, Due to their weight, not breeding easyly, but they can. See the story of ¨Bertha¨in Feathersite.