First Run of Cornish Cross Meat Birds and Super Excited!

[Chaos18]

I'll be picking up my CX pullet chicks the 21st.

 

[Chicken girl 15]

waiting on my CX and her daughter to start laying LOL
the daughter is just 15 weeks 

I got my first order of hatchery cx today. I am still waiting for my cx girl to lay. So until then I'm still eating hatchery birds.

 

[lpatelski]

They are not so fat anymore. They can fly up four feet now!

 

[duluthralphie]

They are not so fat anymore. They can fly up four feet now!

That's amazing! I saw one of mine jump almost 18 inches the other day!

 

[lpatelski]

That's amazing! I saw one of mine jump almost 18 inches the other day!

One of the pullets flew up to the top of the four foot gate this afternoon. I had to push her back into the pen.

 

[duluthralphie]

One of the pullets flew up to the top of the four foot gate this afternoon. I had to push her back into the pen.

That is amazing. I kept mine in a 4 ft tall uncovered pen all summer. They never flew over it once.

 

[lpatelski]

That is amazing. I kept mine in a 4 ft tall uncovered pen all summer. They never flew over it once.

I'll see if I can catch it on video tomorrow!

 

[abbevilleoz]

I have a BJG that most of her eggs are HUGE and most, but not all, are double yolk.
so sorry, does skew the breeding program... not sure if I would want to keep any out of her for breeding stock

I've got her with a WJG cock. I hope to at least get some offspring. This is the first double yolker she's laid and it was HUGE. Her normal eggs are medium at best.

 

[abbevilleoz]

For those of you that have raised CX to laying age and beyond. What type of feeding regimen did you follow? I'll be picking up some chicks the end of February to begin my breeding project. Also, what age do they start laying?

Mine started right at twenty weeks but I didn't do the best job at keeping them alive. Which hatchery did you choose?

 

[JRNash]

I just placed 6 royal palm eggs in the incubator. Ralph my wife said Foghorn (CX) was "squishing" a hen.... Got her egg in the incubator. Fingers crossed.
It will be CX x welp slow CX.