Is there really this type of meat chicken ???

[Neil Grassbaugh]

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[Shannoniganshens]

O.k., thanks everyone, I love fresh chicken, I'm raising some dark cornish x barred rocks , a friend of mine gave them to me, I was thinking wow, if I could get one of those 15 pounds bred, I'd be in feast heaven.

. But yea , I thought at certain weights it was hard to breed meat breeds/chickens, unless artificial. I'll stick with my mean roosters and semi slow growers for now.

 

[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

 

[KatyTheChickenLady]

Dorrie & Gloria at 20 lbs - they were bred naturally and I have several now breeding offspring out of them. They lived to about 18 months before CHF

 

[Shannoniganshens]

Are you serious!!! O.k. I might have to get those CL ones, they are huge and beautiful!!!! I am so new to the meat breeds. I know I want some, just not sure where to start. Well, I do want to be able to breed them and raise them , not hit the hatcheries every time.

 

[Lazy J Farms Feed & Hay]

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This is incorrect!!!

The commercial broilers used for meat production are the result of natural matings in breeder flocks.

 

[PurpleChicken]

What I'm reading here is contrary to everything I've seen, read or experienced with Cornish X. I have heard of the hens living longer lives, even to a point of laying but never a rooster to fertilize those hens. I do know a few people like Al and Katy have kept the birds for extended periods of time and that it's true with exercise and limited feed they will prosper or at least not drop dead like their penned up and overfed meatie brothers and sisters.

Neil, a friend of mine had a Jersey Giant roo that was 2 years old and at least 17 pounds, possibly more. He was huge. I've seen a few orps at who had to exceed 15 pounds although I wasn't in a position to weigh them. I've also raised Freedom Rangers to a live weight exceeding 13 pounds in 12 weeks. I'm confident with time they would have exceeded 15 pounds.

If it were possible to breed Cornish X why don't more people do it for sustainable flocks? They are hybrids so will not breed true. While Cornish can live past 12 weeks and while there are exceptions listed here you will find a lot more posts about them dropping dead for unknown reasons at 8 weeks. I can only assume the survivability would be dismally low. The amount of feed they would consume to achieve these goals would make them ridiculously expensive when you can buy the chicks for a buck.

When I see posts like that on CL my cynical nature emerges. So from what others have said on this post the claims on that ad are possible but I would add they are improbable and very expensive too.

 

[PurpleChicken]

Lazy J Farms Feed & Hay :

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This is incorrect!!!

The commercial broilers used for meat production are the result of natural matings in breeder flocks.

Yeah, it was late when I posted that response. I was thinking white BB Whites on the artificial thing.​

 

[Sir Birdaholic]

The worlds largest chicken was "Big Snow", a 23 lb. 3 oz. White Sully, obtained by crossing & re-crossing RIR & other birds.

 

[Shannoniganshens]