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KoopOnTruckin
Songster
Looking excellent, those figures are actually great, amazing the difference some had, though I can see why you are only bothering with a few of them now than too many! A lot of work catching them, mine are still ballistic and scatter at any movement, their nature I suppose but definitely my biggest turn off from the La Bresse breed, I guess useful for foraging but not when confined.
Just out of interest this is what "broilers" look like here, picture taken from an ad in my country. Definitely see the cornish in their feet and head, though look very like your WR which I believe are parent stock of some sort here, once y friends work gets them in I will ask what they are. The birds in the photo are 7 weeks supposedly.
Your DC definitely looks the more fuller in the breast and has the width. When I can I must get a photo of my breeding birds to let you see them
They really are looking good, they make me happy to be doing this project. They're eating a ton right now, going through 50 lbs of 24% protein feed every week or more - I stopped keeping track but my wife is on another spreadsheet, so I'll still have the numbers as I need them.
I decided to keep 2 of the roos of each breed for now, going to use them to fertilize a few sets of new generations before I dispatch of the extra roo. I'm also keeping an extra WR pullet, at this point it's as much for more eggs as it is for another breeder. (My wife has a wait list of about a week at this point - she's a natural salesperson!) My wife is also the designated chick catcher, they are so much better for her than they are for me. Great to have her as a partner finally in this project!
I'm pretty excited to see how the crosses grow. I know they are a mix of Dark Cornish instead of the traditional White, but aside from coloring, I think they will look much like those broilers you've got there.