Cornish Thread

[JRNash]

so is this double lace or single??

 

[CanadianBuckeye]

so is this double lace or single??

Looks like double lacing to me. In a single laced feather only the outer rim is black, the rest of the feather is ground coloured. In a partridge chicken, the outer rim is ground coloured, not black.
Double laced feather, then partridge, then single laced, from kippenjungle.nl :





Of course the quality of the lacing will vary with the bird. Sometimes solid black, double and single laced feathers will appear on the same bird especially in the hatchery cornish.

 

[summerb123]

cool so i guess bumble bee is double laced?

 

[JRNash]

Have to look up what it's. Supposed to be now. Lol

 

[JRNash]

Thanks CB

 

[CanadianBuckeye]

You are very welcome. Dark cornish are supposed to be double laced.

 

[sambat]

Thanks JRNash, still working on it but they are coming out mighty nice. Weighed the pullets yesterday and they ranged from 5.4 lbs to 6.14 lbs . Good tasting birds too!

 

[URichards]

Hi Good day all.
Does anyone know what breeds to pair in order to get the white hybrid table cornish cross?

 

[CanadianBuckeye]

You can't easily breed the exact same bird, or one that finishes as quickly, since the commercial meat hybrids took decades to produce- but you could start with good meaty strains of white cornish crossed with white rock.

 

[URichards]

You can't easily breed the exact same bird, or one that finishes as quickly, since the commercial meat hybrids  took decades to produce-  but you could start with  good meaty strains of  white cornish crossed with white rock.

Thanks. It is sure worth a try