How much should I feed a Cornish cross?

[Kessel23]

I know how much to feed a Cornish cross if I am raising it for meat but I want to keep 4 or 5 hens to raise and breed next year. I was going to try and cross them to a Leghorn and maybe make a slimer meat bird that will still grow fast. This will be an experiment. How much feed should the hens get if I want to keep them alive for as long as possible? 1/2 cup a day? Less? More? Has anyone else raised and crossed the cornish cross before? I think I talked to someone who did in a different forum and he said he had success.

 

[redranger209]

I know @Bridget-Louisiana did this.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Free range the Cornish Cross with your other birds so that they will teach it how to be a normal chicken.

 

[Kessel23]

Lol that's a good idea.