Is Cornish X genectically modified

[fancbrd4me02]

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It is different because the Cornish are bred to grow so large and so fast with no attention paid to thier ability to walk and they may even suffer discomfort such as joint pain from too much weight on undeveloped joints, there is mention of sudden death from heart attack, which might naturally indicate that those that do not die from heart attacks might be suffering from the symptoms of heart strain such as fatigue, shortness of breath, hypertension. While the birds do grow quickly and cheaply, it would be insincere to pretend that they (the meat birds/cornish X) don't pay a price for that thriftiness.

While people also breed birds for appearences using selection techniques for certain traits, they do not for the most part ignore the negative traits that pop up in favor of that big crest or whatever. It would be useless to breed an ornamental for having really good leg feathering if they dropped dead of a heart attack or were unable to walk. Good breeders would not encourage traits that don't allow an animal to thrive. my polish have huge crests, yet they can walk around and forage. Iv'e seen cornish that can't even walk. Big difference. (In terms of the effect of selective breeding on the birds quality of life)

 

[Kim_NC]

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No one seems to care that most food is GM.

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We have a passion to avoid GM foods as well. Most people don't care about GMOs because they don't know they even exist nor the long-reaching effects of messing with DNA.

I highly recommend this well documented article:
Doctors Warn: Avoid Genetically Modified Food
By Jeffrey M. Smith
http://www.responsibletechnology.org/utility/showArticle/?objectID=2989

Anyway, no, Cornish X are not genetically modified, but are selectively bred as already mentioned.

 

[Brunty_Farms]

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It is different because the Cornish are bred to grow so large and so fast with no attention paid to thier ability to walk and they may even suffer discomfort such as joint pain from too much weight on undeveloped joints, there is mention of sudden death from heart attack, which might naturally indicate that those that do not die from heart attacks might be suffering from the symptoms of heart strain such as fatigue, shortness of breath, hypertension. While the birds do grow quickly and cheaply, it would be insincere to pretend that they (the meat birds/cornish X) don't pay a price for that thriftiness.

While people also breed birds for appearences using selection techniques for certain traits, they do not for the most part ignore the negative traits that pop up in favor of that big crest or whatever. It would be useless to breed an ornamental for having really good leg feathering if they dropped dead of a heart attack or were unable to walk. Good breeders would not encourage traits that don't allow an animal to thrive. my polish have huge crests, yet they can walk around and forage. Iv'e seen cornish that can't even walk. Big difference. (In terms of the effect of selective breeding on the birds quality of life)

Have you ever raised cornish x's? I don't want you to make assumptions on the breed from a book, someone else's experience, the web, or from rumors. They truly are remarkable and fit the budget to a lot of people. Maybe not yours but a lot of what your assuming is false, that maybe true on commercially raised broilers but not the ones raised on pasture. It's like anything else in life. If your forced to stay in bed 24/7 and your food was brought to you.... you would get fat, lazy, hypertension, shortness of breath, fatigue.... the list is endless. This goes for the cornish x's... if you give them a life of misery that's the life they will live. I'm not trying to convince one breed over another but simply facts are facts... and I didn't like what I was reading in this topic. I could of picked 10 post in this thread so not gearing this towards you...

Here are some pictures of how cornish x's live... if given a good life. We have all seen the bad pics of cornish x's... why not see some good too. First one is a free range pasture based farm, the other is some of mine that I have let grow to breeding age... seems to me they are getting along just fine. Try not to make assumptions especially if you haven't had first hand experiences when raising these birds... there is a lot that makes them tick.

 

[LarryPQ]

Jeff- Awesome set up. I think it was you who posted the pics of the turkeys running towards you for treats? That is how I want my food. Spoiled, spoiled rotten

 

[Brunty_Farms]

That one on the top wasn't mine, but another set up similar to mine. I like to keep mine in tractors for the first 4 weeks since the hawks seem to like to pick them off if they are baseball size!

Yes, the turkeys were mine. Again, there is a lot of negative rumors around these as well. They are not perfect but they do their purpose.

 

[Prettiest Frog]

The real danger of genetically modified birds:

 

[Soccer Mom]

My Cornish X are actually very active birds. I have raised feeders and waterers and it is a myth that they don't roost. They do roost if you give them the option. I have very short roosts, just a few inches off the ground, but the birds really like them and use them. I figure it's good leg and foot exercise and gets them up off their bellies. So it isn't necessarily true that their lives are nasty, brutish and short. Just short.

 

[CARS]

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Sounds alot like my birds (when they aren't in the freezer). I think a person needs to encourage exercise with Cornish X's. My layers forage all day on their own so there is a difference on how you raise them, but it's not too much extra work.

 

[PaulaJoAnne]

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It is different because the Cornish are bred to grow so large and so fast with no attention paid to thier ability to walk and they may even suffer discomfort such as joint pain from too much weight on undeveloped joints, there is mention of sudden death from heart attack, which might naturally indicate that those that do not die from heart attacks might be suffering from the symptoms of heart strain such as fatigue, shortness of breath, hypertension. While the birds do grow quickly and cheaply, it would be insincere to pretend that they (the meat birds/cornish X) don't pay a price for that thriftiness.

While people also breed birds for appearences using selection techniques for certain traits, they do not for the most part ignore the negative traits that pop up in favor of that big crest or whatever. It would be useless to breed an ornamental for having really good leg feathering if they dropped dead of a heart attack or were unable to walk. Good breeders would not encourage traits that don't allow an animal to thrive. my polish have huge crests, yet they can walk around and forage. Iv'e seen cornish that can't even walk. Big difference. (In terms of the effect of selective breeding on the birds quality of life)

Have you ever raised cornish x's? I don't want you to make assumptions on the breed from a book, someone else's experience, the web, or from rumors. They truly are remarkable and fit the budget to a lot of people. Maybe not yours but a lot of what your assuming is false, that maybe true on commercially raised broilers but not the ones raised on pasture. It's like anything else in life. If your forced to stay in bed 24/7 and your food was brought to you.... you would get fat, lazy, hypertension, shortness of breath, fatigue.... the list is endless. This goes for the cornish x's... if you give them a life of misery that's the life they will live. I'm not trying to convince one breed over another but simply facts are facts... and I didn't like what I was reading in this topic. I could of picked 10 post in this thread so not gearing this towards you...

Here are some pictures of how cornish x's live... if given a good life. We have all seen the bad pics of cornish x's... why not see some good too. First one is a free range pasture based farm, the other is some of mine that I have let grow to breeding age... seems to me they are getting along just fine. Try not to make assumptions especially if you haven't had first hand experiences when raising these birds... there is a lot that makes them tick.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/1855_300px-bremington-freerange-broilers.jpg

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/1855_dscf2480.jpg

That is exactly what we did last year with our Xs. THey free ranged to their hearts content, were give good probiotics,and never any vaxs. or meds, and even though at the time we did not have access to good natural feed, we had next to no problems with them.
Two babies broke their necks doing who knows what, and one blew out his knee right before butcher time.
They were otherwise the picture of health.

And best of all? Our lawn went from being yucky, to absolutly lush by fall time.

They did a bettter job on it, then any commercial lawn company could have ever done.

This summer? we are going with red and black broilers, cause we like dark meat

We may get a few Xs over the next few years though.
There good for serving to large gatherings.

 

[Brunty_Farms]

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That's border line pornographic... LOL....