Cornish Thread

[chickened]

A black eye can be from any number of things. Is it a hatchery bird? The eye should be pearl.

 

[rebel yell]

New additions to my Cornish flock

I like them !!! These are large fowl right ? The Cornish is new to me so yall will have to excuse the stupid qustions I might have.

 

[Gallinaceous]

Red laced Cornish? They're very pretty...especially the hen.

 

[chickened]

They are jubilee bantams.

 

[feather13]

Hi,

I have an established flock of five pet/egg laying chickens, but a friend needed to get rid of his two chicks and brought them over yesterday. One is what he called "Cornish." I've looked all over this site for information about this breed and most people say that it's a meat-producing bird that will die young unless slaughtered and eaten. The one we have looks like some of the "spangled Cornish" photos on this thread--white patches on the head and freakishly large feet, so I'm not sure if there's a pet breed and an eating breed. Please advise. I'm probably not going to kill it, but would like to know if it will die young from "natural" causes so I won't worry about infecting the others in the flock.

Thanks for your time!

 

[budsbirds]

Good luck on your hatch, Bob has very nice birds, I got several pullets form him and I couldn't be happier

 

[brahmabreeder]

Hi,

I have an established flock of five pet/egg laying chickens, but a friend needed to get rid of his two chicks and brought them over yesterday. One is what he called "Cornish." I've looked all over this site for information about this breed and most people say that it's a meat-producing bird that will die young unless slaughtered and eaten. The one we have looks like some of the "spangled Cornish" photos on this thread--white patches on the head and freakishly large feet, so I'm not sure if there's a pet breed and an eating breed. Please advise. I'm probably not going to kill it, but would like to know if it will die young from "natural" causes so I won't worry about infecting the others in the flock.

Thanks for your time!

I don't raise this breed. I think the birds you are referring to dyeing early and from natural causes are the Cornish x rock. This birds dies early form getting too big too fast. Like I said I don't raise this breed so I'm not sure if a purebred Cornish has natural problems.

 

[kfacres]

I don't raise this breed. I think the birds you are referring to dyeing early and from natural causes are the Cornish x rock. This birds dies early form getting too big too fast. Like I said I don't raise this breed so I'm not sure if a purebred Cornish has natural problems.

no, you are right, and actually most of what the average person will find and have won't even be good quality cornish- they'll be hatchery junkers--- and they'll be nothing more than vamped up anything else's that kinda resemble a cornish head, body style, and coloring, with a touch more breast.

 

[silkielover5]

so I've had this hen got almost 6 years. I showed her last year as a Cornish but the 3 judges said that she wasn't one, I saw a barnevelder and thought that she resembled them but the barnevelder thread says Cornish. What do you think? She has a single comb but its wavy and squashed together. Her feathers are incredibly soft too!!!

 

[chickened]

She looks like a hatchery Cornish hen. The judges were being nice.