First Run of Cornish Cross Meat Birds and Super Excited!

[JRNash]

These slow broilers are just a little,and I mean just a little more active than a CX. If they got anymore laid back,they would be comatose

 

[JRNash]

I do over feed though.

 

[daskhan]

Mine see food and torpedo it lol

 

[Double Kindness]

Gah!! I had this long post and pictures of my flocks and my tabletcrashed! Gah!!

my svart honas pullets in the snow this morning.

my ayam cemani pullet from greenfire farms and a couple of my CL or cremettes

my white bresse are cold, my roo has a bit of frostbite.

And of course the cx meaties and the misc mystery heavy breed roosters they sent. I got them oct 1.. they are almost 8 weeks old today.

here is the mystery breed rooster mt healthy sent with my order.

I have list 2 of the mystery breed chickens. 1 was a runt, 1 looked like he had gotten crushed.

1 cx neatie died from shipping stress, 2 drowned, 1 had a heart attack last week and 2 died 3 days ago while I was out of town. 1 looks from a heart attack, the other smooshed from puppy piling as we got a pretty good couple of snows recently. Overall I'm pretty happy with how this batch is going.

I can get meat chicks from Whiting farms on the western dlope of Colorado which have a very good reputation for meat birds that fon't have the problems of the cx meaties. I'm going to give them a go soon.

 

[Double Kindness]

Better pictures of my CL. Mine are still auto-sexing, but my latest f6 didn't have crests. My ccl come from byc member dretd who is the vp of the crested cream legbars breeders association of America or something similarly titled organization.

Bonnie is a white bresse x ayam cemani

 

[JRNash]

@Double K. are the svort real flighty??

 

[daskhan]

If you mix a black jersey giant and a svort hona can you then call it a giant svort? Or does svort mean black making giant svort unappropriet

 

[JRNash]

That is weird!Ralph. I read "somewhere" that the main man at ideal is having health problems, I don't know if it's relevant to the availability issues

A hatchery not sending birds in early spring, would seem to me to be a hatchery not wanting to stay in business.

 

[JRNash]

Ralph I don't. know where my post ended up.lol I read "somewhere" that one of the main people at Ideal was having.health issues. I don't know if it's relevant to the shipping and availability issues,
Nearly all of the hatcheries are shut down till spring

 

[holm25]

Love the pics!!