First Run of Cornish Cross Meat Birds and Super Excited!

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OK,started reading kippenjungles color calculator. After 10 minutes and the beginning of a headache I've decided I don't need to know WHY they have spots... Its sorta like lagrange points. I know basically what they are and the purpose they serve but the math escapes me.
 
First batch of eggs going in today.
It will have eggs crossed between my two French free range meat hybrids (Gallic x Farm Rangers)
This will be the second year project and tell me whether they can be kept sustainable, they survived the year and laid all winter so if the finish at the same weight x time ratio they will prove to be the excellent duel purpose birds.

I'm also starting a second project crossing my Galic x Cuckoo Marans.
The Marans are from a good utility stock so should produce black Pullets of good laying brown eggs and Barred cockerels of a good meaty weight.
If they are successful I will keep a barred cockerel back to breed back over the black hens producing double genes of meat bird and dark layers.
Well that's the plan ha.
All The offspring will all be barred, so also uniforming colour.
 
Was just looking at a recent rodeo poultry show posting of the junior division. They had pictures of the winning broilers and turkeys. I understand how important it is to get the younger generation involved in animal and farm management. And I also realize how much it helps their future education. I have to say though,I cringed at the sight of the birds. Legs sticking straight out from their bodies,gross weight( to me ) It was everything most of us are striving to change in the broilers. There is no way the birds could walk. I know,I know. They are bred for a purpose, designed through selective breeding to gain weight and size quickly.It really bothered me seeing birds in that shape.
 
JRNash said:
Was just looking at a recent rodeo poultry show posting of the junior division. They had pictures of the winning broilers and turkeys. I understand how important it is to get the younger generation involved in animal and farm management. And I also realize how much it helps their future education. I have to say though,I cringed at the sight of the birds. Legs sticking straight out from their bodies,gross weight( to me ) It was everything most of us are striving to change in the broilers. There is no way the birds could walk. I know,I know. They are bred for a purpose, designed through selective breeding to gain weight and size quickly.It really bothered me seeing birds in that shape.
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I was looking at the toads last night, I have noticed their growth weight really plateauing now. The Doms and SS I with them are nearly the same height at this time. Of course, the toads have them on girth, but they have slowed down, I like that. They would be butchering size if they were CX's.

While you could eat them now they have not filled out enough and would be small and too large of bones for the meat. I think these are good things. I took some pictures I hope to post today on the toad thread..

JR we are changing the way some people look at meat birds. I wish I had more hens and could get toad eggs faster. It seems a lot of people are willing to try the sustainable meat bird method we all use.
 
What really bothers me is the judging aspect. The birds that took first place had very serious health issues that were obvious from the pictures. "We" KNOW it's possible to raise CX in a way that greatly reduces some of the malformations and lengthens the life span while increasing the quality of life. I wish THAT was a JUDGING CRITERIA
 

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