PICTURES ADDED PAGE 2 Weighed the Cornish x's @ 7 weeks disappointed

[MissPrissy]

It is no different that what I do with my extra orp cockerals. They fry up nice!

I have gotten the fry pan special once. Something like $13 for 25 chicks. Not bad when they can be processed at 10 - 12 weeks.

 

[greyfields]

Well, to dive even further in, a "Cornish Game Hen" is just a Cornish Cross which you process at a lighter weight. They even charged more per bird for the Cornish Game Hens last time I checked. They are the identical beast to the jumbo Cornish Cross.

 

[UncleHoot]

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"Left overs" might have also meant pullets, which will grow a bit slower than cockerels. If they were closer to 3 weeks (say something like 24 days old) when you got them, then they would only be about 6 weeks old now, and that's near a "normal" weight for pullet cornish-crosses at 6 weeks. Just plan on growing them out another couple weeks.

Are any of them starting to get combs and wattles? With cornish crosses, this normally starts happening by 5-6 weeks on the males.

 

[DENALI]

I put them back on starter grower. Here are some pictures i took yesterday. I am sure they are Cornish X's. Pardon the dirty birds we just had 3 1/2 inches rain. Thanks

 

[blue90292]

personally, to me, they look about 5 weeks old. and yes, they are cornishX

 

[MissPrissy]

I don't think they look 7 weeks. I suspect they are a little younger. I do think they look healthy!

 

[Keno]

Looks like mine at 5-6 weeks . Weighed a 4wk old and is 4 lbs .