How to raise my Cornish Cross for the long term?

[BigBlueHen53]

I never said I raised CX to save money.

 

[Molpet]

I have kept CX to increase the size of my flock.
The first time I got some end of March 2016 and kept one. Fed 2x a day for 20 mintues. Most of my flock are out of her sons.
Someone gave me 7 , one week old , hatched around May 10th this year. I have 2 left that I might try to keep over winter

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I have kept CX to increase the size of my flock.
The first time I got some end of March 2016 and kept one. Fed 2x a day for 20 mintues. Most of my flock are out of her sons.
Someone gave me 7 , one week old , hatched around May 10th this year. I have 2 left that I might try to keep over winter

How are those CX holding up for you, Molpet? Do you think they are going to make it through the winter?

 

[Camry08]

Take your feed out at night when they sleep. Did you fix her splay leg yet? Is it confirmed it's a she? Cornish Cross cockerels are sometimes better off getting butchered because they get much bigger than the females.

About your silkie cockerels, are they healthy? It doesn't seem normal that they do not know how to scratch or peck at grass. It's a good idea to help them learn with the new chicks, just watch out if they try to mount them when they're still small.

I take the feed out at night. I feed him 1.5 oz a day but will up .5 oz in a week or two. This diet is recommended based on a recommendation I got from some who has kept then as pets. His spayed leg is completely fixed now. Sadly Chunk my CX is a boy but he is 12 weeks old now and under 6 lb and very athletic and happy when he should have been 11lb at 8 weeks old.

My silkies are healthy just a bit numb They have lived with females for years in the past but never mounted so that’s not a worry. The new worry is one of my premium pullet EEs turned out to be a roo and is dominating my two six-year-old silkies as well as Chunk and his EE sister so I need to rehome him because all my other birds are special needs.

 

[Molpet]

How are those CX holding up for you, Molpet? Do you think they are going to make it through the winter?

Unfortunately the two I kept were attacked by a fox, along with other hens and teenagers. One had no head and the other was tore up on the back, but walking around.

Spoiler: Injured CX

I debated on trying to save but decided to put down. Good thing I did because lots of internal bleeding.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Aw, sorry to hear. Thanks for the update though.