Did I end up with a meat bird?

JessRenee

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Mar 6, 2023
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Newbie here, and probably overthinking things. I keep seeing people accidentally get meat birds with their layers and it’s making me slightly suspicious of one.
This chick is roughly 2 weeks old and is one of my bigger chicks (15 total) but I have other breeds who are just as big. Is this a Cornish cross?
 

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Nope, it's not. Cornish Cross at two weeks would be much, much bigger already. They grow so fast that feather coverage can't keep up, so they always seem to have bald spots on the breast, shoulders and hips. Legs would be spaced farther apart, and they'd be shorter and stumpier. Stance would be a bit more horizontal due to the weight and width of the breast.
Here are some good examples of 2-week-old Cornish Cross:
H-2+weeks.jpg


16-Days-Old.jpg
 

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