How many of you FULLY Free Range your Cornish X Meaties? Tractors do not count.

[aoxa]

I tried this several years ago, I found at about 14 weeks they got to heavy for their legs and just collapsed of the ground. Has anyone had a similar experience??????

I raised them to adulthood. They were around 8 months when they died suddenly of heart failure I assume. The winter was very hard on them. They need to be active. I hatched out a few of their chicks, and kept two girls to keep.

Here they are at 6 weeks.

 

[Findtex]

I raised them to adulthood. They were around 8 months when they died suddenly of heart failure I assume. The winter was very hard on them. They need to be active. I hatched out a few of their chicks, and kept two girls to keep.

Here they are at 6 weeks.

I think the problem is hybrid vigour, because the X grow so fast they can not keep it up, I must admit I have moved on, I find the CX full of fat, I prefer a lean mean bird raised with omega-3 fat as per http://www.findtex.com.au/
Here is my recent offering last week, note the lack of fat.

 

[aoxa]

I think the problem is hybrid vigour, because the X grow so fast they can not keep it up, I must admit I have moved on, I find the CX full of fat, I prefer a lean mean bird raised with omega-3 fat as per http://www.findtex.com.au/
Here is my recent offering last week, note the lack of fat.

Hmm.. that's strange. I have found more fat on my layer culls than any CX I ever did

 

[Findtex]

You do need to spend some time on http://www.findtex.com.au/ to fully appreciate what I am saying here, also I must admit the reason I have Rocks is that I find that they grow slow, but when fed omega-3 they grow lean and mean, that is what I want as a diabetic

 

[aoxa]

You do need to spend some time on http://www.findtex.com.au/ to fully appreciate what I am saying here, also I must admit the reason I have Rocks is that I find that they grow slow, but when fed omega-3 they grow lean and mean, that is what I want as a diabetic

You won't get the white meat on any other chicken that you do on a CX.

Also, that offspring pic I posted was a Barred Plymouth Rock crossed with a CX. Much smaller, but nice and wide.

 

[Findtex]

You won't get the white meat on any other chicken that you do on a CX.

Also, that ofspring pic I posted was a Barred Plymouth Rock crossed with a CX. Much smaller, but nice and wide.

I can C the flat back of a Rock on them now that U mention it, that might work as the rock will slow their growth. As per white meat U may have a point but I still maintain that the leanest bird I have found is the Rock. (Pt of interest, since I have been on this site. I find that the rocks in North America do tend to have a different body shape to those we have in OZ, it may have to do different blood lines etc, interested on your view)

 

[aoxa]

I can C the flat back of a Rock on them now that U mention it, that might work as the rock will slow their growth. As per white meat U may have a point but I still maintain that the leanest bird I have found is the Rock. (Pt of interest, since I have been on this site. I find that the rocks in North America do tend to have a different body shape to those we have in OZ, it may have to do different blood lines etc, interested on your view)

This is the father of my cross.

I didn't want a barred table bird because of the black dots it leaves on the carcass. So the chicks are white, which I am very happy with

 

[Findtex]

This is the father of my cross.

I didn't want a barred table bird because of the black dots it leaves on the carcass. So the chicks are white, which I am very happy with

As a diabetic I pull the skin off anyway, Rocks here tend to have thin skin with no fat underneath so they are ideal, what I will say about this bird is he has big wattles for us and his tail is different. I will be going to the nationals in July and will take some photos so that we can compare, but he has a different body shape. ps on the other thread your choice is mine as for the bar but I wonder about his head.

 

[aoxa]

As a diabetic I pull the skin off anyway, Rocks here tend to have thin skin with no fat underneath so they are ideal, what I will say about this bird is he has big wattles for us and his tail is different. I will be going to the nationals in July and will take some photos so that we can compare, but he has a different body shape. ps on the other thread your choice is mine as for the bar but I wonder about his head.

I don't eat the skin, but it keeps all the flavour when cooking.


This is the ideal head


His head close up.

 

[Findtex]

I don't eat the skin, but it keeps all the flavour when cooking.


This is the ideal head


His head close up.

Just went back to find the newsletter from last years nationals but the photos where terrible and would not copy, nice heads, we would like to C the last (5th point) a little shorter, a side pt the 2ns photo has black (horn) on his beck, my blues have and I get lots for it even though the standard here say preferably yellow or can be horn with yellow towards the end. Nice heads, nice bar.