How high can Cornish X jump?

[Pinklink5]

I’m thinking about raising a few meat birds this year and am wondering how high the Cornish crosses can jump. I am thinking of raising them in my garden area that will have 2’ high raised beds and if it would be possible to have them in there with light worrying about fencing each bed.

 

[sourland]

Cornish X and 'jump' in the same sentence almost constitutes an oxymoron. I think that at 2' your garden raised beds will be safe. Anything that hangs over will be trimmed.

 

[Winter Creek Coop]

They don’t so much jump as the earth moves away from them when they push off . They can jump when they are young though. Mine have roosted on top of a 3 foot tall dog kennel when they were half grown.

 

[Tre3hugger]

If they're getting out as youngsters you could always make a top out of 2x2 and chicken wire. I think they will be fine though. Let us know what you decide!

 

[mommiesrcool]

I had really determined meat birds and one of them was somehow able to jump over a 3-foot gate but they weren't very heavy meat birds they were maybe 7lbs at 6months old

 

[U_Stormcrow]

As cornish' mass increases, lift decreases "substantially". Mine were feed limited and free ranging, they did alright - not great - but alright as jumpers till somewhere between six and seven pounds.

I've only one left, guessing she weighs 10 or 11#, and she can do a wing assisted skim when you scare her enough. No lift at all. That said, she's big enough to waddle up and stick her head over a 2' raised bed. Guessing she could probably nibble at anything within at least 8" of the edge, maybe more - though I'm a bad judge of such things.

 

[Bubblegum85]

Mine are smaller about 4-5 lbs and can easily roost at 3 feet.