Cornish Thread

[hellbender]

Didn't think about the low fertility.
Hellbender I'm having hatching egg,chick withdrawals

 

[CanadianBuckeye]

JR Nash here's a link to a great historical breeding reference
http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/bitstream/1/2035678/1/IVRI B 559.pdf

Morley Jull's Breeding of Poultry, 1932.

(Just in case you've finished all that other stuff )


No Cornish breeding for me, my rooster just dropped dead.

Looked like a heart attack. Fine and then minutes later on his back breathing his last. I'm still devastated. I just wanted a very small flock of purebred cornish around..... so I only kept one rooster. Although none of the three I had to choose from were great examples of what I wanted, so maybe it's for the best. I'm going to have to hatch some more eggs.

 

[lpatelski]

JR Nash here's a link to a great historical breeding reference
http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/bitstream/1/2035678/1/IVRI B 559.pdf

Morley Jull's Breeding of Poultry, 1932.

(Just in case you've finished all that other stuff )


No Cornish breeding for me, my rooster just dropped dead.

Looked like a heart attack. Fine and then minutes later on his back breathing his last. I'm still devastated. I just wanted a very small flock of purebred cornish around..... so I only kept one rooster. Although none of the three I had to choose from were great examples of what I wanted, so maybe it's for the best. I'm going to have to hatch some more eggs.

I am sooo sorry CanadianBuckeye. I watched two of my Cornish Roaster Cockerels pass away from apparent heart attacks. it never gets any easier to hear about others who suffered the same apparent loss. I am sorry to hear of your hopes and dreams passing through the doors of the coop and on into heaven.

Do not give up hope. we are with you.

Hatch more eggs or get a great Cornish from a friend.

 

[CanadianBuckeye]

Thanks Ipatelski. I knew the cornish x meaties were prone to heart trouble but I was surprised that a purebred cornish would do so. And, he was more hatchery style than exhibition. A real bummer, set my plans back a year. But in all fairness I knew the risks of keeping only one cockerel. :-(

 

[hellbender]

Thanks Ipatelski. I knew the cornish x meaties were prone to heart trouble but I was surprised that a purebred cornish would do so. And, he was more hatchery style than exhibition. A real bummer, set my plans back a year. But in all fairness I knew the risks of keeping only one cockerel. :-(

In the mean time, you can cover your Cornish with one of your Buckeyes for meat in the Spring....Who knows what you might have in the way of breeding stock by late Spring/early Summer. You may even go to a dog show...

 

[JRNash]

Sorry for your loss Canadian Buckeye.,and thank you for the link

 

[JRNash]

Ralph I have the slow grow pulleys that I held back for eggs. They are a few days shy of 13 weeks.I don't look for anything from them for at least ANOTHER. 7weeks

 

[CanadianBuckeye]

In the mean time, you can cover your Cornish with one of your Buckeyes for meat in the Spring....Who knows what you might have in the way of breeding stock by late Spring/early Summer. You may even go to a dog show...

And thanks. and you're welcome JR.

 

[big medicine]

Thanks Ipatelski. I knew the cornish x meaties were prone to heart trouble but I was surprised that a purebred cornish would do so. And, he was more hatchery style than exhibition. A real bummer, set my plans back a year. But in all fairness I knew the risks of keeping only one cockerel. :-(

Yeah, that bites. I've seen it with good Cornish, and Brahmas too. I suspect any breed, or cross that approaches that kind of mass is probably susceptible.

Once had a massive buff Brahma cock bird go all purple in the face and down within a minute, with no provocation, while I was watching. Another time I had a very promising Brahma cockerel grazing with flock in the yard. I hear a noise, look over and he is down doing the death shivers. When I necropsied him, he had an enlarged heart.

As to keeping a back up male (which I strongly advise). A few years back, before coyotes made the practice unpractical, I used to let my eating egg hens, and extra males, have run of the place after turning them out for the day. Anyway, one day after returning from being gone for a good bit of the day, I find the gate to the Cornish run open. The Cornish hens are milling about, but no sign of the cock. I found him over in the main coop, in the egg layer section, laying on his back dead. A few feet away I find my back up Cornish male also laying dead. With a half dozen spare Brahmas of various colors in the group, it was the only two male Cornish on the place who had to kill each other. It was a very hot day, which I am sure didn't help any. Luckily, I had eggs, and maybe chicks hatched by then, and was able to continue with the project.

 

[varidgerunner]

Sounds like some of the Cornish need some genetic input to put some lead back in their pencils. If only there was a breed with the right look about them that was bred to be virile and to have lots of endurance.