First Run of Cornish Cross Meat Birds and Super Excited!

[JRNash]

42 and nasty in NY. it's 830 at night and my chickens have already been in bed for 4 hours. Man I love winter .. Not!! Of my 8 year and 1/2 Olds I'm getting 2 eggs a day. From my pullets I'm getting 13 or so a day. What is the best use for retired layers? I have no hens ready to retire yet but in the next few years I'm sure to. Do they make good stew? Or turn them to some sort of casserole?

I just "phased out" a few of the older unproductive hens and roosters a while back. I use the older chickens for soup,gumbo,Dumplings,ect.

 

[Dave C]

Picked this guy up this morning when he got stuck in the barn.
Oh man he has some breast meat on him.

 

[bramblefir]

Picked this guy up this morning when he got stuck in the barn.


Oh man he has some breast meat on him.

I hearby name this chicken "Man Boobs".

 

[abbevilleoz]

I hearby name this chicken "Man Boobs".

 

[Chicken girl 15]

I hearby name this chicken "Man Boobs".

honk honk..

 

[Chicken girl 15]

that cx was hatched august 17.

 

[fouroaks]

With toads you never know. They bring in so many defects from the CX line it is just hard to raise them...

I should have said instead of best, the one I wanted to survive the most.

I have a cx I keep from last year and she is still going strong she is now 19 months old. And her name is fatty and comes when you call her. She is so friendly I don't know how long she will live but I enjoy her she just went through a big moult not long ago.

 

[duluthralphie]

I have a cx I keep from last year and she is still going strong she is now 19 months old. And her name is fatty and comes when you call her. She is so friendly I don't know how long she will live but I enjoy her she just went through a big moult not long ago.

Way to go!


Did you get a rooster to live also? If you have a Dixie Rainbow you could make some toads!

 

[fouroaks]

Way to go!


Did you get a rooster to live also?  If you have a Dixie Rainbow you could make some toads!

No didn't keep any roosters they were to big. Was hoping my buff rooster would breed her but she doesn't want any part in that activity the eggs were never fertile.

 

[Chicken girl 15]

Way to go!


Did you get a rooster to live also?  If you have a Dixie Rainbow you could make some toads!

cx + Dixie = toad? What about cx+ NN? Or cx+ EE?