Cornish Thread

[hellbender]

I'm of the mind they are blowing smoke..... think someone boosted egg production with a little cross. I'm still happy with them though

Nice looking bird but in my opinion...the hatchery folks are bumping your head, especially with white feathers. Do you mind saying which hatchery you got him from? You may have said but I have forgotten.

Thanks

RON

 

[CanadianBuckeye]

I'm of the mind they are blowing smoke..... think someone boosted egg production with a little cross. I'm still happy with them though

In my very limited experience with Cornish, I have not seen a single off colour feather in any of my Cornish, that I got from a breeder not from a hatchery. However I did get some Buckeyes from a breeder that had white feathers like that, in the wings, and I'm pretty sure that these Buckeyes had some other breed in there. I culled the rooster from that hatch because he was very atypical. The hens I kept for laying, they have some white wing tips too. The rooster was about 22 weeks when I culled him, and he still had his white feathers as do the hens that are 6 months old now. I'm hoping that in the next moult these will disappear but I'm not too hopeful. I love the Cornish, they have so much personality!

 

[CanadianBuckeye]

How much meat is too much for Cornish chickens? I've been feeding my chickens according to the Buckeye recommendations, higher protein, and I firmly believe they need some meat protein in their diets (like they used to get). I can buy frozen beef bone meal (it's the bone dust from sawing meat) that has meat and bone in it and the chickens love it, but I wonder how much is too much. Any thoughts?

 

[JRNash]

@ Canadian Buckeye Regular Cornish or Cx

 

[CanadianBuckeye]

Sorry, I should have been more clear, these are standard dark cornish.

 

[JRNash]

How much meat is too much for Cornish chickens? I've been feeding my chickens according to the Buckeye recommendations, higher protein, and I firmly believe they need some meat protein in their diets (like they used to get). I can buy frozen beef bone meal (it's the bone dust from sawing meat) that has meat and bone in it and the chickens love it, but I wonder how much is too much. Any thoughts?

According to auburn university between. 2% and 5% of total diet

 

[QueenMisha]

According to auburn university between. 2% and 5% of total diet

That's interesting. Any chance you can link to that study? I've been doing some heavy research on poultry nutrition but have yet to find any scientific information on meat consumption, just the anecdotal idea that it can be fed only in moderation (which does of course have merit).

 

[JRNash]

@ queenmisha linking is beyond my meager skills. If you Google poultry nutrition and feeding,auburn university. It should come up as a Pdf file. Didn't read past the aforementioned recommendation they made. Just skimming along

 

[hellbender]

This might be what JRNash is talking about:

http://www.ag.auburn.edu/~chibale/an12poultryfeeding.pdf

 

[JRNash]

That's it Hellbender