First Run of Cornish Cross Meat Birds and Super Excited!

[duluthralphie]

I am so sorry Jess!!

Du u think its was a heart attack or could she have fell and rolled over??

I am now going to make it my mission to keep Snowball alive to 2 years! I fo hope she makes it.

Where did you get Snowball from?

 

[holm25]

Where did you get Snowball from?

The feedmill which get them from a hatchery in Iowa I think.

 

[JRNash]

In all fairness I have to give two more credits. Metzer Farms for my goslings and Macmurray for the chicks. They provided excellent support

 

[JessicaThistle]

No, Holm, she didn't fall. She never got up onto things. I'm fairly certain it was a heart attack.

I only fed her once per day since we decided to keep her. She had to forage for anything else that she ate.

Ah well. She was a delight for the time she was with us.

 

[duluthralphie]

No, Holm, she didn't fall. She never got up onto things. I'm fairly certain it was a heart attack.

I only fed her once per day since we decided to keep her. She had to forage for anything else that she ate.

Ah well. She was a delight for the time she was with us.

There is nothing as sweet as a CX, those of us that have had them as adults know that. but we also know the fear every time you look in on them to see if they are still alive. That fear is always in the back of your mind.

When I was just out looking at mine, I even asked them, is there another Bert in this mess somewhere?

None of them answered me,,BUT now that I have had a few Mikes I am going to go out and asked them again, I have a better chance of an answer now.

I am also going to take some bed time pictures....Tomorrow I hope to get the stampeded on camera.

 

[Proverb31mama]

It is with an extremely heavy heart that I tell you that Sunny went to be with Bert today. I knew they'd get their chance to meet some day. She was just 3 weeks from one year old. I believe she had a heart attack as I found her on her back sitting next to her little house. She was quite purple. This makes me very sad. I was hoping to celebrate her birthday with a cake. Rest in Peace Sunny - 8/5/2014 - 7/13/2015

I'm sorry to hear about your Sunny. She was beautiful.

We are planning to free roamthem with our other chickens in our fenced backyard. I'll have to get some pics when I feed them tonight.

Here are a couple pictures. Any ideas of what ages they might be? At what age can you start sexing them? I think there might be some varying ages as we had to get them from multiple bins to get all 30. It is fun to watch them grow. Every day when I look at them they look a little bit older. For those who keep the cx to mate do you recommend keeping a male or female? I am thinking male as a male can cover many females even with a shorter life vs a female who only lays so many eggs in a short life. We have several Large hens the male could cover that would make interesting babies. I am thinking about keeping 1 male and maybe 1-2 females but I'm not sure yet. Eta: sorry the pics are so horrible we are using a red light bulb.

 

[duluthralphie]

PICTURES!!!

Meatballs at bedtime....






and here is the Toads.. I have named the front one Bert Jr.



The white ones and the barred ones are toads, the black one is a BA... look at the size difference..

 

[JRNash]

Ralph,I know what you mean. I can't help looking and wondering. I only started with 6. I wanted experience with dealing with this cross.I will be ordering some in the fall for the table. But these 6.... they are going to be incorporated into my meat breed experiments. No eating what you name.I'm allready trying to find a name for the one I believe to be a rooster that fits it's personality. Flirting with katlin jenner if it turns out to be a pullet

 

[mountain mom]

Jessica, I am truly so sorry to hear about Sunny! What sad news.

 

[duluthralphie]