Cornish Thread

[OHmamma]

Ok so I found a fat little egg today. Not a marans egg obviously, so What are the chances it is my Cornish Bantam hen?? I still have them running loose. I have a couple young odd pullets but this was close where the hen perch every night. I might hatch it to see what comes out.

 

[Minniechickmama]

I think it could be. I have Silkies that lay bigger eggs than that. Looks about the right shade of brown for a Cornish too.

 

[galanie]

Looks exactly like the egg my dark cornish LF hen lays, just a little smaller.

 

[SD_Paulo]

90% sure it's Cornish.... Right color and shapeUnless, you have silkies running lose too. Only one way to know for sure wand that to eat it ....joking

 

[SD_Paulo]

MY LITTLE COCKERELS

I am not an expert oN Cornish by any means but those look pretty good!........and potentially delicious if they don't make the cut!

 

[Cedarknob]

A pen of mostly Whites hatched in April.





The two oldest DC cockerel chicks again.

 

[kfacres]

lota black leaking through on those whites-- they're not up to par.

 

[Cedarknob]

lota black leaking through on those whites-- they're not up to par.

Some, the best of them in my opinion, are leaking both black and mahogany. Those people that have been following this thread are aware of this and know why they are off-colored.

 

[NYRIR]

Hi everyone,
I have a question for the Bantam Cornish people....has anyone seen this article in BYP mag from aug/sept of 2011? The article is Greylegs: A Homemade Bantam Breed by Felix Blanchet. Apparently, these Cornish lay green eggs and have grey legs. Anyway, I am awaiting the back issue of the magazine as he has offered me some of his stock for free.He is an older man who wants someone to continue with his project, and as I had sold his brother some turkey poults and we got along really well, it ended up with me talking to Felix. I plan on going on a 3 1/2 hour trip to see his birds and he is going to give me some starter birds.I was wondering if anyone had seen this article and what you thought of the birds?

I am dying to receive the article!!

Thanks for any help/input!

 

[SD_Paulo]

Hi everyone,
I have a question for the Bantam Cornish people....has anyone seen this article in BYP mag from aug/sept of 2011? The article is Greylegs: A Homemade Bantam Breed by Felix Blanchet. Apparently, these Cornish lay green eggs and have grey legs. Anyway, I am awaiting the back issue of the magazine as he has offered me some of his stock for free.He is an older man who wants someone to continue with his project, and as I had sold his brother some turkey poults and we got along really well, it ended up with me talking to Felix. I plan on going on a 3 1/2 hour trip to see his birds and he is going to give me some starter birds.I was wondering if anyone had seen this article and what you thought of the birds?

I am dying to receive the article!!

Thanks for any help/input!

Not to burst your bubble of excitement! And keep in mind I am not a Cornish expert, there are others on here with greater tenure, but I dont believe they would be considered a Cornish......a NEAT project perhaps!

Nonetheless, it would be interesting to see what his project fowl look like.