I mean having the Sagittas Roo and hen mate then hatching those eggs. I wonder what those results were like. The Sagittas really look like the Red Royals from Moyers.
from the purchase I made in February the year prior, I bought Dunlap's first hatch that year.
I got a lot of variation in color and about 12-16 ounce difference in Cockerel size.
So you hatched them and they bred true?
I am not a poultry judge, that being said they looked like the chickens from the prior year that I got from the hatchery, and grew just as fast, no problems with 25% Cornish in their breeding, Cocks were fertile, hens laid well, shell strength was good.
yes , February 2017 chicks, bought 50, kept 12 pullets and three largest cockerels.
I had to sell the farm in January 2019, I can no longer care for it properly, time for the next generation. Enjoy your good life, I have.
Sorry to hear that.
The Dunlap birds put me about three years ahead in trying to get a larger breast. You still might want to get some "meat" pullets (cornish/rock) and use the Sagitta Cockerels from your flock. That (if my math is right) would give you a 37% cornish breast and still get a bird that will free range.
