I have done it! I raised cornish crosses and freedom rangers that were sold for eating but brought them up to laying and breeding. I had people tell me there eggs would never be healthy, strong or fertile enough to hatch but i have a half dozen chicks out of about a dozen eggs. They are happy healthy little pigglets just like their hatchery bred parents. <a href="https://www.backyardchickens.com/gallery/image/view/id/4906105/album/6010048"><img src="https://www.backyardchickens.com/image/id/6149640/width/400/flags/LL"></a> <a href="https://www.backyardchickens.com/gallery/image/view/id/4906103/album/6010048"><img src="https://www.backyardchickens.com/image/id/6149634/width/400/flags/LL"></a> <a href="https://www.backyardchickens.com/gallery/image/view/id/4906101/album/6010048"><img src="https://www.backyardchickens.com/image/id/6149627/width/400/flags/LL"></a>
u breed ur cornish crosses?? the ones i got from the local farmer (foster farms) for FFA never lived past 5 months old. they got to big and fat to breed, they could barley walk. they were good eating tho. i kept to to breed but they died at 5 months.
