Extremely small Cornish cross at 5 weeks

[emeded]

Hi,
I noticed that my cornish cross is growing a bit slow. It lives with two (as well 5 weeks old) gold sex links. It eats 20% organic feed, but at 5 weeks it's still barely at 1.5 pounds!!! By now it should be at least at double that. It is growing faster then sex links, but still way too slow.
It walks around, and it does not seem to be sick. What am I doing wrong?
I only have one, as I am trying to determine if/how would I raise them next year.

Thx.

 

[silkiechicken]

Picture?

Are you sure you got a cornish cross, and not just a rock or cornish?

 

[bigredfeather]

This is just a stab in the dark, but perhaps you don't have enough birds. I know that sounds funny, but the CX seems to thrive on feed competition. I am usually running several tractors of birds at a time, and I have noticed when one tractor is less populated than the other, the tractor that is more populated has heavier birds in the same timeframe, feed, ect.

 

[emeded]

In the feed store they claimed it's cornish cross. Not sure how to upload a pic here. Let me check that...

 

[emeded]

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You know what? That actually crossed my mind for a second other day, but then I thought it's living with "other" chickens it should not matter. Maybe you are right...

 

[emeded]

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Here is the picture...

 

[Oregon Blues]

I've heard a lot of complaints about chickens not doing well on the commercially available organic feeds. Some of those feeds appear to be lacking something important.

I don't think your chicken is a Cornish Cross. Cornish cross have a really wide stance and very heavy legs and feet.

 

[bigredfeather]

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After seeing the pic, I think the same.

 

[emeded]

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After seeing the pic, I think the same.

What could it be?

 

[bigredfeather]

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After seeing the pic, I think the same.

What could it be?

White Rock or Leghorn would be my first 2 guesses. Looks like a pullet.