Cornish X, Caponizing, and feed conversion

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What i did is have both, then you get smaller fryers and bigger broilers for butcher at the same time, if you want 'cornish game hen' butcher at 4 weeks, around 2 lb or less, all depend what i need in the freezer when I get them
 
jjparke Good for you too it's totally worth it to grow your own broilers. Not terribly cost effective but VERY rewarding when you have a freezer full of chickens.

Well my plan for this batch is to experiment and see, how much it will cost me $/bird. i have planned for about $7.95/bird if i raise them to 8-10lbs dressed. My next step if all goes well is to sell them to friends, family, or even at a market for aprrox. $2/lb.

buck creek: What i did is have both, then you get smaller fryers and bigger broilers for butcher at the same time, if you want 'cornish game hen' butcher at 4 weeks, around 2 lb or less, all depend what i need in the freezer when I get them

Would you save feed to raise the cockerels to fryer size and butcher them earlier than your broilers? I think the males gain faster...​
 
not really the boys eat more than the girls, so the feed cost is negotiable, you have to remember the growth rate/feed intake coincides with size in Cornish. I took me 3 yrs to find the right method to get Cornish right. If you use bagged feed the one problem you will have is stink, and its the feed.
 
Too, offer 20+% proteen feed for 12 hours and NO feed for 12 hours per day to limit their growth rate after 3 weeks of age or one may incounter leg and/or heart problems then possible mortality losses. Doing this I have 0% loss after 2 days of age to processing day.
 
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I get a milled feed for the co-op (my recipe), and I don't have to limit the feed, I make them 'work' a little too, feed in the coop water outside, make them move a little more.
 
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I get a milled feed for the co-op (my recipe), and I don't have to limit the feed, I make them 'work' a little too, feed in the coop water outside, make them move a little more.

I am getting some cornish x this spring and would love more information on your milled feed recipe!
 
bump on caponizing

?= if you make the xrocks "work a little", will they lose any tenderness?
i thought of that too, but wondered.....
is there a "genetic potential" for different breeds as to thier response to caponizing?
ie do different breeds respond differently in regards to size before and after caponizing?
or tenderness? one more than the other?
does anyone know of a source for current caponizing research?
(i get a lot of 1915 references!)
ty vm
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