First Run of Cornish Cross Meat Birds and Super Excited!

[Dave C]

Dave I agree with JR, those birds are awesome! If we can get those here I don't know where!

Thanks guys.
I have bought my eggs over the last 8 years from a guy who imports them from France.
Last year he said he might be retiring so that's when I started breeding them.
I went for medium & slow growth birds and crossed them to produce the chicks in the pictures.

The Sasso in France is produced for the Label Rouge market, which is a standard that they use for free range meat birds.
And to be honest, it's very good.

http://www.thepoultrysite.com/articles/1888/label-rouge-pasturebased-poultry-production-in-france/

Bit of info for you.

 

[Birdinhand]

lpatelski that Guinevere is gorgious! has a siliar look to a barnvelder. I would love it if that were available as a meat bird through a hatchery, I simply can not have a rooster here in the burbs so I am reliant on someone else to at least produce the eggs. if there is a source for these chicks please let me know.

 

[Fat Daddy]

lpatelski that Guinevere is gorgious! has a siliar look to a barnvelder.  I would love it if that were available as a meat bird through a hatchery, I simply can not have a rooster here in the burbs so I am reliant on someone else to at least produce the eggs.  if there is a source for these chicks please let me know.

Linda has several birds I like.... The double lacing on the one she labeled Marion is what every dark Cornish hen should look like..... there are two spangle-ish birds of hers I really like too!

 

[GreatBreeder]

Which meat bird would be best for showing?

 

[moomoodiddy]

Plan on raising heritage meat birds soon.

 

[duluthralphie]

Which meat bird would be best for showing?

Unless you're in 4H you can't show meat birds as they are crosses.

You would need a dual purpose heritage breed.

 

[GreatBreeder]

I feel like an idiot for not knowing what 4H is...

 

[lpatelski]

I feel like an idiot for not knowing what 4H is...

I guess we may need to more about you and where you are located. 4H and FFA(Future Farmers of America) are a young children, and up to 19 yrs old, Agricultural based Clubs in the USA. They will probably not be available in the larger cities, although I was a High School FFA member in Costa Mesa, California late 70's. Our High School Farm was gobbled up by a parking lot and Golf course. We all know how much those can feed America...

My first FFA project was 30 meat chickens...
Some of my many FFA projects 1975 thru 1979

 

[JRNash]

I feel like an idiot for not knowing what 4H is...

I have to ask,how old you are?
I'm not asking in a rude way. Some of the questions you've posed are what I would expect from someone younger. To me that's 30 and down.lol And there are NO DUMB QUESTIONS. so don't hesitate to ask anything

 

[JRNash]

I tried emailing the company in new york about their sasso broilers. Forgot it was the weekend. I'm not real hopeful though. From the way they talk on their site I believe they are a LOCAL supplier. I'll keep pestering them till I get a response.