You know that in every venture, be it going into your own business, playing a sport, buying a new product, etc., one has to educate oneself the ins and outs of the venture. Why do you think schools exist ? Chickens, in general, are easy to raise as any neophite can attest to. When one decides to raise a specialized chicken, be it a meat bird or a show bird one has to first educate oneself in the ins and outs of raising them in order to achieve success. Doing otherwise one is faced with disappointment and failure. Consider the old Scottish saying... "The eye of the master fattens the cattle". The Cornish X is the gold standard of the meat chicken industry and millions are successfully harvested annually. As such, they require additional education in order to cator to it's needs when they are placed out of their environment of intensive production, for which they were specifically developed, and placed in a backyard operation. I am more than satisfied in my additional efforts when I harvest 4 pounds of meat in 6 weeks rather the 4 pounds of meat that I used to harvest in 20 weeks raising the DPs. Simple math convinced me that it takes a tiny bit extra labor for 6 weeks and much more labor for 20 weeks to yield the same amount of meat. Funny, that I don't seem to experience any of the maladies that are so frequently bantied about by some. So, ask yourself... am I willing to educate myself and implement my new knowledge then reap its benefits, or just settle.
