Cornish X with black feathers?

[blueskylen]

hi,

i've been raising cornish x for 4 years now, and this is the first year that i received any that didn't feather out pure white. this year there are several of my 40 with a small amount of black feathers - a few spread here or there on their bodies. i am wondering what breed might have been used ?

 

[Sundown_Farmer]

Sure they're not packing peanuts? (CX with black ink on them thrown in extra)

 

[Neil Grassbaugh]

The Cobb-Vantress strains of broiler chickens quite often have black, and red, flecking in the feater pigmentation. It is a marker of the product.
Cobb-Vantress is owned by Tyson so nearly all of the birds they raise are colored a bit and so are the many they sell to others.
Not a thing to worry about. They have the genetic capability to perform very well.

 

[4-H chicken mom]

Where did you get them from? I also got a couple with a few black feathers this year. I have never had that is 12 yrs of raising them. I got mine from Mt. Healthy for the first time this year. They are doing fine at four weeks they are weighing 4lbs 1 oz.

 

[DogandPonyShow]

I have a roo from Meyer with a few black smudges that have been there since I got him. He was the biggest for the first two weeks until a different one took the lead!

 

[blueskylen]

I Purchased them from Meyers - they are growing and filling out great and will be going to the processor on May 16th. Actually sending them a bit earlier than 8 weeks because they are doing so well, and don't want them to get too big and maybe have fluid in the cavity. have cut down on their feed - 12 hrs on 12 hrs off - since they were 2 weeks and have still had this good growth. we are very pleased with them, just got confused by the colored feathers and wondered how they were bred.

thanks!