First Run of Cornish Cross Meat Birds and Super Excited!

[holm25]

Are CornishX were all white except for the one from Meyer hatchery it had some black .

 

[holm25]

WOW!!

The chicken did mind the bath?
How did you do this?

I would love to give mine a bath.



BTW that is one huge bird, how old is it?

She did not really mind it at first she did but the warm water calmed her down . I had put some diatamacous earth in the water to get rid of any bugs . It is 16 weeks old and is not showing any signs of her legs going out!! We also got three new Blue Cochins on Saturday there are two bantams and a standards!!

 

[LindaB220]

I bought my birds from a hatchery. They were sold to me as CornishX's, are you saying they are not a cornishX?

Or are you saying the hatchery I bought them from was not an actual Hatchery?

Furthermore, if the "actual" hatcheries call them "Ross708" or "Arbor Acres Plus" and not CornishX's. Logic would dictate we are able to call ours CornishX's as the hatcheries do not.....

BTW if they have an iota of Cornish in them, they are a CornishX. Just like I have a smidgeon of Irish in me, so I can call myself Irish.

Your last sentence is very confusing, you tell us no hatchery calls them CornishX's then you say the name is already in use, which is it?


BTW I named my son Mike, and I think that name was already in use too.

Raphie, if you get tired of dealing with an arguable person and don't want to see their posts again, go to their profile page and scroll down to Block this person. He will never show on your page again. I have had to do this a time or two and it's so much easier on the nerves.

He will continue to show up on others computer but if they block also maybe he will get the picture and go away.

 

[LindaB220]

That was my point with the original post here after Jessica's video. I was simply pointing out the obvious differences between her CX's and mine. Then I went a step further to ponder what other differences there might be.

I have no idea what strain the hatchery I got mine from uses. I am interested where others got theirs only in so much as I want to buy a slower growing CornishX. Mine are growing too fast now for my goals. Which I why I suggested I might use a couple different hatcheries next year. MY only fear being bringing in a disease. However, I am sure some bureaucrat will make sure I am getting disease free chicks, or he is going to Hawaii on a all expense paid vacation by the hatchery.......( a joke, relax)

I have heard that Schlecht Hatchery has Big Jumbo CX's and they have a sterling reputation.

http://schlechthatchery.com/

 

[JessicaThistle]

The people who actually produce these birds have strain names - like Ross 708. Ross Poultry (which I believe is a subsidiary of Aviagen) produces those.

They sell them to places like Meyer and Cackle, who sell them as Cornish X, probably because they buy multiple strains.


As to the naming, again, something doesn't have "an iota of cornish in [it]", as that's meaningless - it has certain alleles it has inherited from its parents - and Cornish Cross have specific combinations of these alleles. Cornish Cross are not a breed - they're a specific combination - they're not stable. They haven't been line isolated, and it may be impossible to do so because some of the traits need to be heterozygous.


You're adding confusion and misleading people for no reason other than adding confusion and misleading people. I'm trying to fix a flock (of non cornish) birds right now because somebody did exactly what you're doing - they bred them with something else, but didn't change the name - so I've got all sorts of weird traits popping up that I'm trying to fix.

Personally, I don't care what their scientific strain is. I just want a freezer full of yummy chicken that I raised up in a healthy loving way.

Crazytalk: I started this thread as I place where I can share my chicken experience with people that could benefit from what i learn and share what they learn. The idea is to support and encourage eachother. I have grown to feel like these are my chicken friends here and I enjoy coming here daily and talking chicken with my friends. I am no longer interested in your argument regarding what we call our birds nor do I wish to have you continue arguing with my friends on my thread. Since I cannot block you, I will politely ask you to kindly refrain from future arguing about this on my thread. If you wish to continue this argument, please create your own thread where the whole community can argue away with you.

 

[CrazyTalk]

Jessica, one of the important things when you're sharing and learning is that you do your best to prevent the spread of misinformation.


This argument wasn't in this thread until DuluthRalphie dragged it in here from the other thread. If you have a problem with it being here, take it up with him.

 

[JessicaThistle]

Ralph, I have gotten both of my batches from the same hatchery and have had two or three in each batch with some black or gray feathers. I haven't seen anyone else's CX pics have black feathers.

I have wanted to give my CX a bath when I did the last batch but my current batch is just so clean. Glad to know it is a possibility.

Thanks for that blocking info Linda. Good to know should I need to use it.

 

[duluthralphie]

I have heard that Schlecht Hatchery has Big Jumbo CX's and they have a sterling reputation.

http://schlechthatchery.com/

That is interesting. I will look at their website..

I guess it was foolish to assume with a name like CornishX's they would all have the same cross....

After all the name implies Mutt..

 

[holm25]

This argument wasn't in this thread until DuluthRalphie dragged it in here from the other thread. If you have a problem with it being here, take it up with him.

Leave Ralph alone . And I am sure if she had a problem she would have asked him

 

[duluthralphie]

Ralph, I have gotten both of my batches from the same hatchery and have had two or three in each batch with some black or gray feathers. I haven't seen anyone else's CX pics have black feathers.

I have wanted to give my CX a bath when I did the last batch but my current batch is just so clean. Glad to know it is a possibility.

Thanks for that blocking info Linda. Good to know should I need to use it.

I got mine from a hatchery not too far away, but mainly because a local feed mill carries their chicks with no freight charges. However, I do not think I will do that again. I ordered a colored egg mix package from them and I think they deliver them all the mill and the mill divides up all the chick for everyone that orders a package.

I got an abnormally large amount of EE and sex link roosters.

The second batch I got directly from the hatchery and the percentages were more line with what they should have been. Also when I had them shipped directly I got 27 birds on an order of 25...When I ordered 85 from the mill, I got exactly 85.

I was worried about the chicks being shipped, but that does not appear to be a problem.

Are we allowed to say where we get our birds at/from? The people at the hatchery were really nice to deal directly with.