Cornish Rock Meat Bird Breeding Project

[CNJ]

Im going to put 5 or 6 CXxCX eggs in the incubator tomorrow along with CXxNH and NHxNH tomorrow.

I wonder how the cx to cx will turn out. I am thinking that a few of those chicks will grow as fast as a cornish x.

I have been doing research on this and found out that when two pure lines are bred they produce a hybrid and this hybrid doesn't breed true line. It kind of scatters the gene pool. However, I think a selected hybrid can be cloned or made pure through 3 generations of father/daughter or mother/son selected line breeding. This is what I am working on.

 

[trescloudy]

I wonder how the cx to cx will turn out. I am thinking that a few of those chicks will grow as fast as a cornish x.

I have been doing research on this and found out that when two pure lines are bred they produce a hybrid and this hybrid doesn't breed true line. It kind of scatters the gene pool. However, I think a selected hybrid can be cloned or made pure through 3 generations of father/daughter or mother/son selected line breeding. This is what I am working on.

It scatters in the F2 generation but by selective breeding you find what you are looking for if possible and keep working birds with traits you are looking for. Each generation will bring you closer to your goal if you select properly.

 

[CNJ]

My Father/daughter chicks are vigorous, they are eating a lot, they hit 4 weeks old today, and I only see 1 to 2 smaller chicks with blue legs. My original plan was to keep a few with blue legs, but now I am not sure about that.

I plan on processing this batch for fry chicken, near the end of August. I am filling their feeder up 3 times a day, thank God for water nipples...........I wouldn't be able to handle watching them drink dirty water.

I have been using an oregano oil antibiotic by Nubiotics every so often in the water jugs. The oil residual seem to prevent algae and harmful bacteria from growing. Those jugs are clear with no green or brown algae growth. One bottle last me a very long time. calls for only 1ml per gallon of water.

I will move this batch to a bigger grow out pen with screen floor in a few weeks.

 

[Molpet]

My Father/daughter chicks are vigorous, they are eating a lot, they hit 4 weeks old today, and I only see 1 to 2 smaller chicks with blue legs. My original plan was to keep a few with blue legs, but now I am not sure about that.

I plan on processing this batch for fry chicken, near the end of August. I am filling their feeder up 3 times a day, thank God for water nipples...........I wouldn't be able to handle watching them drink dirty water.

I have been using an oregano oil antibiotic by Nubiotics every so often in the water jugs. The oil residual seem to prevent algae and harmful bacteria from growing. Those jugs are clear with no green or brown algae growth. One bottle last me a very long time. calls for only 1ml per gallon of water.

I will move this batch to a bigger grow out pen with screen floor in a few weeks.

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Where did you get the oregano?

 

[Ridgerunner]

Google can be your friend

https://www.amazon.com/Nubiotic-Ore...ns,for Chickens, Turkeys, Birds, & Pigs More

 

[Molpet]

Google can be your friend

https://www.amazon.com/Nubiotic-Oregano-Oil-Poultry-237ml/dp/B07H7WF528#:~:text= Nubiotic 4X Concentrate Oregano Oil for Chickens,for Chickens, Turkeys, Birds, & Pigs More

LOL yes I found that, just wondering if they had a cheaper option

 

[CNJ]

Where did you get the oregano?

I use a small syringe to measure 1ml, then I pump the syringe in water, so it doesn't get stuck when I use it again. I think its worth the price, it last all year.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07H7WF528/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_image_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[trescloudy]

My Father/daughter chicks are vigorous, they are eating a lot, they hit 4 weeks old today, and I only see 1 to 2 smaller chicks with blue legs. My original plan was to keep a few with blue legs, but now I am not sure about that.

I plan on processing this batch for fry chicken, near the end of August. I am filling their feeder up 3 times a day, thank God for water nipples...........I wouldn't be able to handle watching them drink dirty water.

I have been using an oregano oil antibiotic by Nubiotics every so often in the water jugs. The oil residual seem to prevent algae and harmful bacteria from growing. Those jugs are clear with no green or brown algae growth. One bottle last me a very long time. calls for only 1ml per gallon of water.

I will move this batch to a bigger grow out pen with screen floor in a few weeks.

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If you are into making a 4 way cross you might want to keep those blue leggers for your dame line.

They are still half CX and might probably lay better than the bigger birds.

Being 50% CX they will still probably lend that trait. CX lay pretty good and so do Bresse which makes me think it could work.

Maybe back cross your bigger birds to CX which would make them 75% CX. Then use your back cross line for your sire line.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Interesting project you have going on. I'm currently working on my own line of meaties, but instead of using Cornish X, I'm just using Heritage breeds with good weight, & meat structure.

I have a Malay pullet chick that's now 5 weeks, & weighs 1lb, 2oz. She's short, & stout like a Cornish Game. Will probably keep her back for the breeding project.

What I'm using, & will be using for breeding:

EE/Brahma cross hen

Malay

Cornish Games(Need to get some)

Naked Neck(Clean neck for easy chopping, need to get some also)


These are gonna be a Backyard meaty that breeds true, gonna call them Churkeys.

Trying to get a mostly turkey sized bird, with long legs, long naked neck, & decently full breasts. Going for 2.5ft - 3ft tall, & 10lb - 15lbs. Mature range I want is fast to moderate. These meaties are gonna be able to do normal chicken things without the restrictions Cornish X may have.

This probably take awhile to achieve, yes, but this is mostly experimental.

 

[CNJ]

Maybe back cross your bigger birds to CX which would make them 75% CX. Then use your back cross line for your sire line.

I don't have any CX, the CX hens I used past away a long time ago. That was the first time raising CX, so I wanted to see how big they could grow. They eventually blew their guts out............

I have 3 older chicks from my white legged 12lbs rooster. I hatched them when my Breese/Cornish X hens first started laying and the fertility of my rooster was in question. Two are chubby white legged hens and one is a chubby male with green legs with one crooked toe. I will process the male and keep the hens. I am thinking about switching the hens to 15% protein maybe in a few weeks.

I have 5 younger chicks going on 3 weeks from the 12lbs white legged rooster. The eggs from the young hens were still in the process of stabilizing when I hatched these. Three of them have white legs and two have yellow legs.

I just hatched 13 chicks today from the white legged 12lbs rooster. This batch came from hens with stabilized eggs with 98% fertility. I will get a better idea as to how dominant the white leg trait are from this batch.

I will breed the 12lbs white legged rooster's 8lbs brother with yellow legs next. But it will be a while, I need to process some chickens before I start. Oh and I think the 8lbs rooster got a lot heavier since I weighed him.

I will be purifying these two lines, one line will have white legs and the other will have yellow legs. Once they breed true, I will breed them together for hybrid vigor and see what happens.

I will also keep a blue leg blood line going, but they will be bred back to pure Breese, so they will carry more Breese blood.