First Run of Cornish Cross Meat Birds and Super Excited!

[hellbender]

I'd probably start with some SOP Dark Cornish. and CX broilers on the meat side.I have White leghorn and whiting true blues for the egg side. I do get a lot of eggs from the meat side now.

I don't understand your need/desire for SOP Dark Cornish unless you plan to show. The birds I got from Linda are quite large and hefty and able to breed naturally. A lot of SOP Cornish must be bred 'by hand'.

I find breeding goats artificially to be quite nuisance enough...lol But good luck at every curve!!!

 

[JRNash]

it's a mental thing with me Hellbender.
Realistically I would be better off sticking with the slow broilers. But I love the way the Dark Cornish look!!!

 

[JRNash]

the slow broilers have proven to be excellent layers of very large dark eggs

 

[JRNash]

this is from mainly the Broilers, there are a few dark ,cornish,one jersey giant,barred rocks and a few other young pullets

 

[hellbender]

it's a mental thing with me Hellbender.
Realistically I would be better off sticking with the slow broilers. But I love the way the Dark Cornish look!!!

I like the looks of your slow-grow whites. What do those cocks weigh?

 

[JRNash]

Hellbender,I honestly can't say he is well over 10lbs He just hit 26 weeks

 

[JRNash]

he is more massive than my Jersey Giant

 

[JRNash]

We can all rest easy knowing he will get no older... Think of all the dope smoking skinny dippers that are safer now.

 

[JRNash]

Hellbender I will also stress the "slow" it took twice as long for them to hit the 6# mark as CX. They really start gaining weight at around 18 to 20 weeks. I'm trying to get some crosses with this guy and my sole surviving white giant pullet.

 

[holm25]

I'm not trying to make CXX anymore. None of my hens eggs were fertile and she has passed now so I am going to pick a breed and breed PBs. I like mutts but I am not helping the poultry world by breeding them. If I like the Buckeyes I might get abunch of those and Either EE or a white egg layer so we can tell the Buckeye egg from the others... Just an idea... But hope to make it a reality.