Cornish Thread

I try not to get too involved with what others do but I have preached at every opportunity that keeping different species together is a bad practice. I know people who run cattle with goats and inevitably goats get trampled...at the very least.

I'll be getting some Muscovy ducks (pretty soon) and no matter how much we like the ducks, we like the chickens too much to subject them to the filth that water fowl is bound to entail. They can't help it...it's part of the program but if I couldn't keep them segregated, I'd have NO ducks!

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I agree with this- I will only have chickens, no other types of fowl. There are enough problems just putting chickens together that are from different sources, and ages.
 
Hi,
I would like to get a start in bantam Cornish. Does anyone have a trio or quad of breeder quality DC, blues or blacks? I would like to be able to show a few youngsters in the fall so I would like birds without major faults. I have never shown chickens before but have shown pigeons for over 30 years so I know the process of developing a line of birds. So I would like birds that are good enough that I won't have to start completely over when I've learned enough about the breed to know what I'm doing.
Thanks for your help,
Mike
 
Hi,
I would like to get a start in bantam Cornish.  Does anyone have a trio or quad of breeder quality DC, blues or blacks?  I would like to be able to show a few youngsters in the fall so I would like birds without major faults.  I have never shown chickens before but have shown pigeons for over 30 years so I know the process of developing a line of birds.  So I would like birds that are good enough that I won't have to start completely over when I've learned enough about the breed to know what I'm doing.
Thanks for your help,
Mike
if your on Facebook,Join "Cornish Poultry SOP" then pm a man by the name of Edwin Smith. He has the best looking birds that I've seen. He has both LF and bantams
 
well after my wife remarked about how many chicks were in the brooders, I must have had that deer in the headlight look. After 23 yrs of marriage she can read me like a book.lol I was forbidden to go to tractor supply alone.I guess the 84 eggs in the incubator don't count...he he he just plugged the 3rd one in...bringing the temp up...My best friend is bringing. me ANOTHER ONE tomorrow....he he he she's gonna kill me
 
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I KNOW your not supposed to feed them after midnight.... lol
One of the broilers died,no warning.That's the rub with chicks and the adult birds. You will have losses.
Drives me crazy!!!My grandpa used to say "when you plant a garden,plant enough for the bugs and critters.If you're lucky they will leave some for you!" That's the way I approach raising chickens. I know some won't make it for whatever reason.
 
I recently purchased a Cornish Rock along with a handful of "egg" birds. The CR is already at least twice the size of the rest. I'm hoping it's a hen, but at only a little over a week old, I'm sure it's too soon to tell. I'm keeping an eye out for pinking of the comb, but my question today is about leg thickness. I know roos tend to have thicker legs, which mine certainly does, but I'm wondering with this breed if legs aren't going to be thicker simply to hold up all that weight? Thanks!!
 
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I recently purchased a Cornish Rock along with a handful of "egg" birds. The CR is already at least twice the size of the rest. I'm hoping it's a hen, but at only a little over a week old, I'm sure it's too soon to tell. I'm keeping an eye out for pinking of the comb, but my question today is about leg thickness. I know roos tend to have thicker legs, which mine certainly does, but I'm wondering with this breed if legs aren't going to be thicker simply to hold up all that weight? Thanks!!

Since most CR's have fast growing feathered pullets; the wing feathers should still be noticeably shorter if it is a cockerel.
 

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