Cornish Thread

[JRNash]

I've got Saipans

 

[CanadianBuckeye]

Hmm well looking at this my cornish arent so bad after all, I was thinking more stout and short legged with big head...still would like to get some like the ones at the shows eventually

Sambat I'd be very, very happy with your cornish.
If you are serious about the exhibition birds, I'm sure there's someone who would sell you some of their stock.

 

[lpatelski]

Thanks, Im wanting to put a light bulb on them to start hatching out some more. Im hoping to hatch some raise them and hatch some from those....is it possible to do so this year?

If you have fast maturing type birds,you keep anything that hatches, and have a successful breeding program - just at a year depending on maturity rate.
My Cornish Rock cross birds were hatched 2/6/15. I saved back two pullets using "growth slowing" metered feedings from 4 weeks to 16 weeks of age.
Put them in with the Dark Cornish Rooster at 18 weeks; they started to lay on July 17th. at 23 weeks of age.
161 days (give them two weeks to normalize their pullet eggs) +14 = 175 + 21 days to hatch = 196 - then grow out chicks and do it again+196 = 392 days
The same scenario can be quickened using a pullet that matures faster at 18 to 20 weeks so say 132 days like my F1 pullet "Lavenia" she's not fluffy she's fat! I have never taken her off the feeder. 132 days to lay + 14 days to normalize + 21 days to hatch = 167 days + 167 days to next hatch = 334 days.

 

[CLSranch]

CLSranch do you have a light on them to get them to lay or do you guys keep a light on them at all times like the broilers

I have a timer on my light. It's more for the waterer not freezing but dual purpose.

 

[sambat]

CanadianBuckeye, Im happy with them but if I can in any way keep improving them Ill like to try

Ipatelski, I saw your posts on your work with the cornish and was very interested in trying it myself. 15 yrs ago my father tried something like it. We bought some broilers and he fed them limited portions and free ranged them. One hen survived the target on her back from all the hawks and when she started laying he crossed her with a barred rock rooster and had some decent growing birds. They were all white though and all his were free range and never stood a chance. Think the summer ended up taking the broiler hen out

 

[sambat]

Think that if I have time this year Ill do like some of you guys and start a broiler/meat bird program. I need to invest in an incubator since Ive been using an old hovavator, some silkies, and whatever hen goes broody

 

[CanadianBuckeye]

Ipatelski, what was your Dark Cornish rooster like? Was he an exhibition strain rooster, hatchery, or in between? Wondering why you chose this particular rooster?

 

[lpatelski]

Ipatelski, what was your Dark Cornish rooster like? Was he an exhibition strain rooster, hatchery, or in between? Wondering why you chose this particular rooster?

Exhibition type Dark Cornish rooster-culled for his over sized comb and body, Meat type Cornish "Roaster" pullets from McMurrays. My Cornish Roaster Cockerels died on maturity so I went back to the same place I got my Dark Cornish Hens. I had looked at this rooster who had some crossbred chicks on the ground. They were very nice. Sold!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Hey all, is there a thread for dark cornish bantams that ya know of? help appreciated!

 

[sambat]

Ipatelski thats a nice rooster, I see your location is south Georgia, Im in southwest Ga, will you be going to the Newnan Show in february? So if heat didnt kill your cornish rocks I might be able to keep some alive thru summer too