Cornish X red ranger cross project

[Christabelle]

 

[lizanne]

WOW!!!! They are growing so fast!! What do you use for nesting boxes for the Cornish X ladies? Where do you put it? One of mine just started squatting, so I'm thinking that I should get a nest ready for her. The nesting boxes for the other girls are too high and too small for her.

 

[Christabelle]

WOW!!!!   They are growing so fast!!  What do you use for nesting boxes for the Cornish X ladies?  Where do you put it?  One of mine just started squatting, so I'm thinking that I should get a nest ready for her.  The nesting boxes for the other girls are too high and too small for her.

I made a plywood tent type thing on the ground, since they won't jump up on anything, and the nest boxes are way too small. I have to change the nest liner out quite a bit too- they are messy birds.

How are your eggs developing?

 

[lizanne]

Looks like I have 4 developing. Shipped eggs are so hard!! I'm excited to get some chicks though...

 

[CoopDeViIIe]

looking pretty good. What type of chick is that in the picture with it?

 

[Christabelle]

looking pretty good. What type of chick is that in the picture with it?

 

Same type, just hatched.

 

[Christabelle]

These guys are growing pretty fast now. There is a little discrepancy between the five of them but I think it's gender related.

There is some feather shortage on the chest, but in all they are feathering out better than the cornish x, and are more heat tolerant. I've had a couple scorchers and lost a couple cornish x- but all these chicks are doing well.

 

[CoopDeViIIe]

Looking pretty good, how old is that now?

 

[Chickenman007]

Did you ever finish growing them out?pics?

 

[nicalandia]

These guys are growing pretty fast now. There is a little discrepancy between the five of them but I think it's gender related..

Would have been nice to see their entire development but it appears that the OP no longer saw the need to keep us posted, but as to why there were discrepancy? I would say that 50% of the female of that cross would have been sex linked dwarfs and about 30%-35% smaller due to that. You see the Red Broilers use a Dwarf dame to make the breeding stage more productive(more hens per square feet, more hatching eggs)

If anyone will be trying this cross, I suggest using Red Colored Hens(easier to manage and to feed restric) and CornishX Males(less cornishX to feed and to keep alive)