Cornish Rock cross/Black Australorp crosses

[mom of silkies]

This is one of the Cornish Rock cross/Black Australorp cross hens.



This is one of the Cornish Rock cross/Black Australorp cross roos.



These are my pure-bred Cornish Rock cross hens, with my Black Australorp roo. I limit their food, and have them in a chicken tractor (which I move 2 times a day.) they are about 1 year and 3 months old, they lay about 5-6 eggs a day (there are 8 of them), and they are extremely sweet. I made this thread to see if anyone else had luck crossing with Cornish Rock crosses. If so please post lots of pics and share info! I will also answer as many questions as you ask if I can! Thanks everone, and posts lots of pictures!!!!!

 

[GitaBooks]

That's incredible! I hear Cornish X rarely make it to a year of age. What did you do to help them thrive so well?

And the crosses look amazing. You could sell those to people!

I have Dalmatian bantams that look similar in coloration:

 

[QueenMisha]

Incredible!

What are the weights of the offspring? And just how big do the CX hens get before they stop growing?

 

[Weehopper]

They look like Delewares. Very pretty.

 

[mom of silkies]

Incredible!

What are the weights of the offspring? And just how big do the CX hens get before they stop growing?

Right now the offspring weigh around 8-10 pounds at about 3 months old, and they are still growing. My CX hens are around 15-20 pounds at a year old.

That's incredible! I hear Cornish X rarely make it to a year of age. What did you do to help them thrive so well?

And the crosses look amazing. You could sell those to people!

I have Dalmatian bantams that look similar in coloration:

That's a beautiful chicken! What type of bantam is that? And I limited my CX hens food, and keep them in a chicken tractor. I'm going to take my crosses and breed them back to CX's so I will hopefully, if all goes well, have a chicken that's 3/4 CX. I'm also going to breed my crosses to my crosses.

 

[GitaBooks]

That's a beautiful chicken! What type of bantam is that? And I limited my CX hens food, and keep them in a chicken tractor. I'm going to take my crosses and breed them back to CX's so I will hopefully, if all goes well, have a chicken that's 3/4 CX. I'm also going to breed my crosses to my crosses.

Sounds like you have everything well planned!

My Dalmatians are a three-way Cross-breed bantam that I am creating and hopefully one day can sell. They are very pretty, so even if I had to give them away for free I just want my hens to get a chance to pass on their genetics and people to have wonderful, hardy pets and broodies.

 

[JediJinx]

Yay, I was sent to your thread by posting my idea for a similar crossing. I have kept back 2 of my CX pullets (7 weeks now) with the intent to breed with a buckeye rooster. These two girls seemed a bit less "mutant" than their sisters are a bit smaller and less "poopy" which is what impressed me to keep them for breeding.. but I was concerned that a CX roo would be unable to get the job done.. I have these two girls in with LF Cornish and Dominique chicks of the same age, and also at night they go into the big main coop with the whole flock.

What and how much do you feed your CX girls? How did they do in the winter (if you have cold weather)? My biggest concern keeping them alive long enough to breed is the winter is very cold here, but we do have a large coop they can stay in all season if they need to, although its not heated.

So lay on me all the details if you care to share!

 

[mom of silkies]

Sounds like you have everything well planned!

My Dalmatians are a three-way Cross-breed bantam that I am creating and hopefully one day can sell. They are very pretty, so even if I had to give them away for free I just want my hens to get a chance to pass on their genetics and people to have wonderful, hardy pets and broodies.

That's really beautiful chicken! I love crossbreds! And they should make wonderful, hardy pets!

Yay, I was sent to your thread by posting my idea for a similar crossing. I have kept back 2 of my CX pullets (7 weeks now) with the intent to breed with a buckeye rooster. These two girls seemed a bit less "mutant" than their sisters are a bit smaller and less "poopy" which is what impressed me to keep them for breeding.. but I was concerned that a CX roo would be unable to get the job done.. I have these two girls in with LF Cornish and Dominique chicks of the same age, and also at night they go into the big main coop with the whole flock.

What and how much do you feed your CX girls? How did they do in the winter (if you have cold weather)? My biggest concern keeping them alive long enough to breed is the winter is very cold here, but we do have a large coop they can stay in all season if they need to, although its not heated.

So lay on me all the details if you care to share!

As mature chickens I fed about 1-2 pounds of Laymour's hen crumble mixed with corn and barley. You have to limit the protein and the amount, to much protein and they become the mutants! lol. As soon as I got my CX chicks I picked a select amount out and limited their food, the first 3 weeks they got as much as they wanted during the day, at night I took the food away. After 3 weeks we started limiting their food, I would feed them just enough for them to finish in an hour. They did fine in cold weather, they don't do well in heat though.

 

[JediJinx]

Came home today after about 3 hours gone to find my only male CRX dead, probably from the heat - it was 87 and no wind. So disappointed!! He was getting just about ready for butchering and now he is in the trash can. Reason no 1 I would like a more sustainable cross.

 

[mom of silkies]

Came home today after about 3 hours gone to find my only male CRX dead, probably from the heat - it was 87 and no wind. So disappointed!! He was getting just about ready for butchering and now he is in the trash can. Reason no 1 I would like a more sustainable cross.

Yeah, I'm trying to create a more sustainable cross, because lets face it CX's aren't sustainable.