Delaware X Cornish...

[chickensrfood]

Haha this made me laugh because I was thinking of bidding on those eggs myself. I saw there was one bid and figured someone else really wanted them and not to bother the bid war.

I have 24 guinea eggs from witt and they are developing nicely not a single broken egg and he shipped fast.

 

[shelleyb1969]

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Well thank you so much for not bidding against me!

I'm glad to hear your feedback with the guinea eggs. He sent me 12 eggs, all in perfect condition, and he shipped the day after the auction ended. I'd buy from him again.

 

[chickensrfood]

Let us know how they do when they hatch and keep us updated on their growth.

 

[rhoda_bruce]

yes diffinately. Let us know, but get back on with a new topic when you execute your plan, because every once-n-a-while, someone questions about trying a standard cornish with a rock and they get discouraged from 5 different directions.
I am really thinking on changing my primary breed to white rocks because I will get about the same amount of eggs anyway and I can start a standard cornish breed and experiment with it. Heck, even if I fall on my face with the hybrid, the cornish will still make an awesome meat breed. I have to get more meat than my RIRs are giving me, no matter how you look at it; weather pure or hybrid.

 

[AlbionWood]

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Their catalog is confusing. They list "Jumbo Cornish X Rock" which is self-explanatory. But they also list "Cornish Roaster" and say it is a more active bird but slower to mature - but only about 2 weeks longer than the CxR. (Then just to confuse things even more, they list "Cornish Game Hens" but from the description it's clear these are just female CxR.) Those "Cornish Roaster" are the ones I wonder about; because the description sounds as if they are NOT CxR, yet there is a sidebar "Please Note: Cornish Roaster, Cornish Game Hens, and Jumbo Cornish x Rocks are hybrids..." So does anyone know what those really are?

And getting back to the topic: Are there any breeders in the West providing White Cornish that we could try crossing with our Delawares?

 

[RadicalRob]

The cornish roasters are most likely Dark Cornish that have large breast and are slower to mature that the cornishcross hybrid. I will be working with them next spring on a couple of projects.

 

[shelleyb1969]

Personally, I am choosing to NOT use a hybrid Cornish to cross with my Dels. I'm sure I could get where I wanted faster that way, but that's not the type of offspring I'm after. I'm focusing on meat quality, quantity, AND longevity of the offspring and I don't mind the extra grow-out time that's needed. I plan on keeping several 1st generation pullets and breeding them back to either a Cornish or a Del roo...depending on which area needs improvement.

I couldn't find any solid white Cornish hatching eggs, so I bought the white laced reds. While I do want a nice colored meat bird, "prettiness" is definitely not my focus.

 

[RadicalRob]

You could keep a few pullets and a roo or 2 and try breeding back both ways and I don't think trying to use the cx in any projects is good idea, you would prob have problems for a couple of generations before you get any good response. Good luck... I am going to mix dark cornish with a couple differant rare breeds and a couple modern breeds.

 

[rhoda_bruce]

Albion,
The only cornish I would consider using from McMurray's is the dark cornish or the bantam cornish.
I am not saying the other cornish breeds are not good for food, but if anyone is looking for sustainability, they would want a standard cornish.....not a cross.
Nothing wrong with the dark cornish, but I might want some nice skins, so I shy away from those for that reason only.
Try Ideal. I found what I think I want, but I might have to wait.

 

[eKo_birdies]

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nope they are a type of white cornish X that takes about 12 weeks to mature (at least mine did). these were the first meat birds i ever raised.