Cornish Thread

[CanadianBuckeye]

I was going through some of my old photos- I kept the cockerel on the left, the one on the right was actually the heavier bird- but he had a horrible telescoping comb and I did not want to have that cropping up in the next generations. Of course the one on the left dropped dead likely from a heart attack two months later. I still feel badly about that. I'm getting 10 more day old pullets and 5 cockerels at the end of the month, hopefully I will have better luck. I still have three hens from this year, and will be hatching Buckeye/Cornish cross chicks. The eggs are going in the incubator this week. Hatchery or exhibition, doesn't matter, I think this colour is one of the most beautiful of all chicken colours.

 

[lpatelski]

My "Gladys" is, at my guess, about 1 week and a half, two weeks old. How long after day one is the feather sexing accurate?

The chicks pictured below are one week old. I was able to tell for at least two weeks as the new feathers grew in. The tail feathers are slower to grow as well. The one reading the comics is a male, the one eating is female. The lower pic is of the most dominant male 15 days. Comb growth pronounced.

 

[CLSranch]

Howdy every1. I'm back home and back to internet access. My GF's 1st incubating seems to be a success. There was 2 when we got home yesterday and 2 this morning with 3 more starting outta 36 it's a good start. Couldn't get the humidity up after day 18 so I may be helping them out later today.

 

[CLSranch]

I was going through some of my old photos- I kept the cockerel on the left, the one on the right was actually the heavier bird- but he had a horrible telescoping comb and I did not want to have that cropping up in the next generations. Of course the one on the left dropped dead likely from a heart attack two months later. I still feel badly about that. I'm getting 10 more day old pullets and 5 cockerels at the end of the month, hopefully I will have better luck. I still have three hens from this year, and will be hatching Buckeye/Cornish cross chicks. The eggs are going in the incubator this week. Hatchery or exhibition, doesn't matter, I think this colour is one of the most beautiful of all chicken colours.

I have to see which one of my 3 roo's got gotten while I was gone. I've been up for 4 hrs you'd think I'd have done it by now.lol Hopefully it was the cull.

 

[CanadianBuckeye]

I have to see which one of my 3 roo's got gotten while I was gone. I've been up for 4 hrs you'd think I'd have done it by now.lol Hopefully it was the cull.

Hope it worked out for you- around here, it seems only the ones I really, really want to include in my breeding programs go missing :-/
Good luck with your hatch!

 

[LadyJane8]

The chicks pictured below are one week old. I was able to tell for at least two weeks as the new feathers grew in. The tail feathers are slower to grow as well. The one reading the comics is a male, the one eating is female. The lower pic is of the most dominant male 15 days. Comb growth pronounced.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1G6ZRkik6OdaFM4dEF6d3Ytak9scEM2VXZkc1l5Zk9vTW80

This is Gladys this morning. I did attempt to look at her wings outstretched, though of course I didn't snap a pic. With my limited experience, I would say that the primaries are certainly longer, but I will wait it out a bit longer and see if there is any comb change.

 

[Horseman1074]

Does anyone know the band size(s) for seamless bands to use on Cornish bantams?

 

[Horseman1074]

If anyone needs a good pedigree program, here is a good one. I've used it for over 10 years with my pigeons and it can be adapted to any species of animal. I bought the original one and have upgraded it through three or four different operating systems. I needed some individual programing to be able to adapt it to pigeons and the designer made those changes to the program.

http://www.kintraks.com/

 

[sambat]

I was going through some of my old photos- I kept the cockerel on the left, the one on the right was actually the heavier bird- but he had a horrible telescoping comb and I did not want to have that cropping up in the next generations. Of course the one on the left dropped dead likely from a heart attack two months later. I still feel badly about that. I'm getting 10 more day old pullets and 5 cockerels at the end of the month, hopefully I will have better luck. I still have three hens from this year, and will be hatching Buckeye/Cornish cross chicks. The eggs are going in the incubator this week. Hatchery or exhibition, doesn't matter, I think this colour is one of the most beautiful of all chicken colours.

CanadianBuckeye I too prefer that colour. The greenish/purple tint is beautiful although breeders have told me for the cornish it darkens up the hens makes them melanistic imstead of yellowish lace pattern...Still I love it

 

[CanadianBuckeye]

CanadianBuckeye I too prefer that colour. The greenish/purple tint is beautiful although breeders have told me for the cornish it darkens up the hens makes them melanistic imstead of yellowish lace pattern...Still I love it

It's true, my hens are all to dark- which I like, too. I guess that's one of the benefits of not breeding strictly to the SOP !