Didn't know what I was getting!

[SpringDaleChickenLady]

So, I have had chickens in the past however we always got them from family or local people selling chicks. This was my first time buying from a farm store, in my case Tractor Supply. I went in looking for chicks and all they had left were 5 little yellow peepers. The bin they were in wasn't labeled and as luck would have it the person assisting me wasn't a chicken whisperer! I asked "Do you know what type of chicks these are?" He replied, "I not sure of the name but they are white!" I replied "Leghorns perhaps?" as this is what i was looking for. "Yes!!" he replied enthusiastically! So I happily took all 5 they had left. Well....There were not Leghorns, as you might have guessed. They were Cornish Cross Broilers....AKA meat birds. So now they are humongous and ready to be

processed but I don't have the guts to do it myself. I used Purina organic feed(Pricey) and dried meal worms(also pricey!) and lots of water to nourish these fine chicken specimens. I took them outside once and they freaked out and tried to tear the fence down to get back inside...so back inside they come. If anyone is in South Eastern West Virginia and would like to buy some meat birds ready to go please contact me.

 

[Mckennas poultry]

They lay eggs and they’re good for meat, are they too big for your coop or something? Did you want leghorns for eggs specifically?
Cornish hens lay 180 eggs a year.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

They lay eggs and they’re good for meat, are they too big for your coop or something? Did you want leghorns for eggs specifically?
Cornish rocks lay 180 eggs a year.

Pure Cornish may lay 180 eggs a year but not a Cornish cross which is another name for a Cornish rock.

 

[cppeace]

no even cc hens will lay eggs fairly well if raised like normal chickens, but usually won't live much over a year.

 

[Mckennas poultry]

no even cc hens will lay eggs fairly well if raised like normal chickens, but usually won't live much over a year.

I don’t know much about them except for the fact that it’s a meat breed as the OP said, so you’re saying they don’t live much over a year ? damn that’s sad, a friend of mine put some under her broody hen and she was shocked to see how big they got, there was a runt in the hatch and it grew up to be at a normal size, she kept the runt and culled all the others, (they were all roosters except for the runt)
The runt never lived a full life as it was killed by a fox.

 

[Cbarr00]

How old are they? We are first time chicken owners and got this breed from TSC too(they recommended them). We harvested ours at 6 weeks. They were small but we took pity on them. They were panting from the heat and too big to land on their feet. One couldn't even scratch her head because one leg couldn't hold her weight up. We tried to raise them like normal chickens but they're made to eat and get big. We kept them on 20% chick starter and free ranged them for 4 hours every night. We couldn't really cut their feed down without penning them separately which we weren't equipped to do. I know I've seen a lot of people raise them on what they can eat in 20 minutes then take away feed then let them forage. That seems to slow down growth and prolong their life. They were very sweet and funny to watch. We were sad to harvest. We told TSC employees we wanted the chickens for harvesting but that we wanted to be able to breed and continue our line. They told us to get the CX. Luckily we got other breeds as well so we can still get eggs and hopefully chicks one day.

 

[Cbarr00]

Also OP there is a buy sell trade section here where you might have better luck finding someone to take them.

 

[ronott1]

So, I have had chickens in the past however we always got them from family or local people selling chicks. This was my first time buying from a farm store, in my case Tractor Supply. I went in looking for chicks and all they had left were 5 little yellow peepers. The bin they were in wasn't labeled and as luck would have it the person assisting me wasn't a chicken whisperer! I asked "Do you know what type of chicks these are?" He replied, "I not sure of the name but they are white!" I replied "Leghorns perhaps?" as this is what i was looking for. "Yes!!" he replied enthusiastically! So I happily took all 5 they had left. Well....There were not Leghorns, as you might have guessed. They were Cornish Cross Broilers....AKA meat birds. So now they are humongous and ready to be View attachment 1360560 processed but I don't have the guts to do it myself. I used Purina organic feed(Pricey) and dried meal worms(also pricey!) and lots of water to nourish these fine chicken specimens. I took them outside once and they freaked out and tried to tear the fence down to get back inside...so back inside they come. If anyone is in South Eastern West Virginia and would like to buy some meat birds ready to go please contact me.
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I moved the thread to Buy sell trade for you.

If I were closer I would buy them from you!

 

[2 many chickens]

Cute little things..

They are looking at you like 'why do you not love us'
Or
'Why do you want to have someone take us'
Or
'Why can't we stay and live out our life happily here'
Or
'Sorry but it's not our fault we are what we are so deal with it and just love us'

 

[ronott1]

Cute little things..

They are looking at you like 'why do you not love us'
Or
'Why do you want to have someone take us'
Or
'Why can't we stay and live out our life happily here'
Or
'Sorry but it's not our fault we are what we are so deal with it and just love us'

The problem though is that Broilers(lets not get confused with the cornish name--not the same thing) are not meant to live much bast processing age. Legs and hearts give out because they cannot support the growth.