Ok, thanks. So do you breed your Dark Cornish to your Barred Rock Hens for meat for your freezer? Actually we don't HAVE to get strictly the Cornish. My husband is telling me though that he is wanting us to have a self sustaining type of flock that will supply meat and eggs . Which I will love too. But I just can't settle for scrawny birds for eating. So maybe some combination of Cornish, Plymouth Rock, Orpinton.......there were a few other breeds we were discussing last night. Our main problem is having a full size rooster here because of our close proximity to neighbors. He found out about that vet that does the de crowing on roosters.......so if we were not moved by the time we got set up for letting some broodys hatch, or incubator hatch, he is thinking of getting a roo that would fit into his plan from that vet. We think it would be great to get some nice heavy bird stock from someone in this state though, for the hens. Especially if they were being bred towards being heavy for meat.
I don't see how I could ever give up all my production laying hens though.......so we will just have to have both!
