multi strain meat bird breeding mix

[enel 1]

Oh...I see, I'm not sure, there's a Cornish thread maybe someone on there could give you a good answer.

 

[Arielle]

enel-- very exciting to see the results of your hard work!! THat is the best carcass I have seen other than a full cornishx. Definitely what I am looking for. Will you make any hatching eggs available this year? If you are please send me a pm.

I have a few eggs in the incubator from my cornishX girls. Most have not been fertile. I changed out roosters a couple days ago in hopes of better fertility. THe 2 pullets I have are now 9 months-- hoping for a few more viable eggs before they are sent to the freezer.

 

[Triple Willow]

@ladycat... Really nice hen!

 

[Triple Willow]

My hatchery type Cornish are multiple generations old and came from S and S poultry, and his stock were hatchery birds and he said he bred a nice show quality bird into his line. I'm on my 4th generation with them and they still have that hatchery look but they are much larger then actual hatchery birds. They grow out super fast too. So I use them for the sire line, I just got the Ed Smith birds and I'll keep that line pure. These birds grow out much slower then my others.

Is that hatchery Dark Cornish roo in the picture from S&S Poultry? It looks pretty dang good to me.

 

[enel 1]

The bird in my avatar is the original cockeral I got from sands the one in the pic is his grandson. But your right there huge birds they just arnt show type their feathers are to loose, hackle and saddle feathers are to long, tails are way to high, beaks super long,they stand to horizontal, I could go on and on, and I don't know anything about SOP, that's just what I can see when I compare them to exhibition type birds, but they grow out super fast and get weight fast, they're super hardy and cold weather tolerant. And I've put a lot of time into them so I'm keeping them for my meat bird sire line for sure. Just to be sure we're talking about the same bird the ones marked " hatchery type " are the SandS line

 

[Triple Willow]

The bird in my avatar is the original cockeral I got from sands the one in the pic is his grandson. But your right there huge birds they just arnt show type their feathers are to loose, hackle and saddle feathers are to long, tails are way to high, beaks super long,they stand to horizontal, I could go on and on, and I don't know anything about SOP, that's just what I can see when I compare them to exhibition type birds, but they grow out super fast and get weight fast, they're super hardy and cold weather tolerant. And I've put a lot of time into them so I'm keeping them for my meat bird sire line for sure. Just to be sure we're talking about the same bird the ones marked " hatchery type " are the SandS line

They look like very nice birds. I'm not much into show birds, SOP and all that. I just like functional whether it be for meat or eggs. But it's great somebody does care about SOP's to keep the lines going the way they should be.

 

[LindaB220]

They look like very nice birds. I'm not much into show birds, SOP and all that. I just like functional whether it be for meat or eggs. But it's great somebody does care about SOP's to keep the lines going the way they should be.

Yeah, I bought hatchery White Rocks and Delawares. Coming Mar 20. Wonder how much smaller they will be. Other order is from Sandhill. I'll be able to see the difference.

 

[Triple Willow]

Yeah, I bought hatchery White Rocks and Delawares.  Coming  Mar 20.  Wonder how much smaller they will be.  Other order is from Sandhill.  I'll be able to see the difference. 

I seriously need to narrow my interests down to 2-3 breeds. I have over half a dozen of them! lol And yep, White Rocks or maybe White Wyandottes are a couple I'd like to give a try.

 

[enel 1]

I heard sandhill birds are very good, I don't think they are a high volume hatchery and I heard they are more conscious in there breeding practices, so you will probably get some nice birds.

 

[enel 1]

I have a commercial broiler hen that is over a year old and she did good too. As long as you restrict the food intake they are very " normal chicken " like and she runs so hot anyways I think she enjoyed the cool weather.
I'll take a pic of her tomorrow, for the nonbelievers...hehe