Is there really this type of meat chicken ???

[SteveH]

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None of my CX have feathers around the vents now . They lost them before winter , and I feel kinda bad lookin at those bald butts hung out in the winter air ; doesn't seem to bother them though

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[Shannoniganshens]

I'll just stick with mean roos , the extra roos out of my hatches and see what these dark cornish crosses do. Thanks everyone.

 

[SteveH]

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The parent stock are kept out of the hands of those wanting to " borrow " the genetics , but part of what you're experiencing is biosecurity . Back in the 1960s I toured one of the early hog confinement operations in this area , though at that time they were useing purebred Chester Whites at that location and today most use crosses only . Even back then , we had to pull on rubber boots and step in a disinfectant before going in , even though everyone walked on only the outside of the pens .

Then too the breeders and feeders have experienced bad media ; people wanting to sensationalize things to gain support for ending conefinement breeding and feeding have ignored the thousands looking great and concentrated the cameras on the 2 or 3 individuals that have a problem in that building . Its no wonder the public is not allowed access often today . I'm not saying confinement systems are something I am a great fan of ; but I do not believe that its possible to raise enough chickens [ or other animals for that matter ] in the same way many of us do to feed our population at the same comparitively low price we pay for commercially produced meat .

 

[peterlund]

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Pretty birds for Cornish X... They were well taken care of, without the tell-tale poop covered bottoms. And you bred them naturally? Did the offspring breed true. All the catalogs say they will not so I am hoping you tell me differently! (not that I could afford to feed them into sexual maturity...)

 

[FuzzyButtsFarm]

Me & My Peeps :

Well now, if their going to give their address - then im going to look them up!!
It looks like they didnt have chickens when the satellite was flying over

Looked like a very vacant back yard to me. Where are the chickens lol.

 

[KatyTheChickenLady]

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Pretty birds for Cornish X... They were well taken care of, without the tell-tale poop covered bottoms. And you bred them naturally? Did the offspring breed true. All the catalogs say they will not so I am hoping you tell me differently! (not that I could afford to feed them into sexual maturity...)

they were both girls so I had no way of finding that out. I did breed them naturally and I crossed them with a BCM to slow the growth down a bit. the offspring were still far to fast growing for my taste but did reach maturity and I have yet again crossed them out and the same with their offspring.
one key feature they have retained is that they ALL eat so much more than other birds. Trust me You can't see Dorries bottom . . . but iwas GROSS! We called her Dirty Butt Dorrie.

I will be selling eggs on here soon.