First Run of Cornish Cross Meat Birds and Super Excited!

[lpatelski]

Okay now I feel like a hypocrite. I have some updating to do.




My new CX Roosters have been covering my White 3/4 Dark Cornish-1/4CX hens since 3/26/17.

My first fertile egg, laid 3 days later, hatched out on 4/20/2017.

The first chick is 10 days old and weighs 260g



For comparison, these guys are 3/4 Dark Cornish born in the same batch.




The next 4 chicks - CX roosters over 3/4DC-CX were born 4/26/17 and are 4 days old.
weights 91g, 78g, 69g, 66g

 

[JRNash]

Linda they look AWSOME!!!

 

[lpatelski]

Nice bone, most likely a cockerel. 5/8CX & 3/8Dark Cornish

 

[JRNash]

The math would kill me.lol

 

[JRNash]

I love seeing yours and Ralph's birds!

 

[JRNash]

I wonder how your two lines would COMBINE

 

[lpatelski]

The math would kill me.lol

THE MATH IS SIMPLE:

ROOSTER 100% CX:

CX/CX - his father 100%CX
CX/CX- his mother 100%CX

HEN 3/4DC & 1/4CX

DC/CX - her Father 50%DC - 50%CX
DC/DC - her mother 100%DC

Use blocks and count the squares if the math is hard for you: 5 of the 8 symbols are CX so 5/8CX and 3 of the 8 symbols are DC so 3/8DC
rooster + (hen)
CX/CX + (DC/CX)
CX/CX + (DC/DC)

 

[JRNash]

Picture Homer Simpson...

 

[Dave C]

Beer cans on the wire

 

[super meaties]

NOTHING repeat NOTHING has a similar growth rate to CX.

my chicks (arriving tomorrow- can't wait) reach butchering age at 8-12 weeks. pretty close to CX from what i've heard.