Jumbo Broiler

[PluckyClucker99]

Sunnyside Hatchery in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, sell a meat bird they call a "Jumbo Broiler". Is this a Cornish X/Rock, or do you think it is a strain they came up with? My reason for asking is, I have read Cornish X cockerels get between 4-6 lbs around eight weeks, but Sunnyside claims their broiler cockerels get 7+ lbs in the same time. Can this be right? Has anyone ordered from them?

 

[Ameraucanas]

I think it would be cornish rock cross, but it could possibly be a jersey giant, although that is very doubtful.

 

[PluckyClucker99]

Here is a pic:

http://www.sunnysidehatchery.com/images/birds/JumboBroiler.jpg

 

[Ameraucanas]

Thanks! Defenitely a cornish rock cross.

 

[PluckyClucker99]

Okay, but I still don't understand how their cockerels can get this big if they are a Conish X/Rock.

 

[slingshotandLAR]

Okay, but I still don't understand how their cockerels can get this big if they are a Conish X/Rock.

Are they talking live weight....

I finish mine to 7 weeks and some of the males dress over 5.5lbs and that's with restricted feeding.

 

[PluckyClucker99]

Doesn't specify. Doesn't really matter, just wanted to know

 

[Neebs]

My source for Cornish X says 7+ pounds in 8 weeks*

*= 75% of live weight for dressed weight on average. I think that would just about work out to what you're seeing.

 

[PluckyClucker99]

Okay, that makes sense. Thanks everyone!

 

[bowhunter862]

My last batch of Cornish Cross had an average dressed weight of 7.29 pounds at 53 days, so, yes, they will get over 7 pounds. My biggest was 8.4 dressed!!