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[hoosiergal]

how much fat is on the cornish rock after 7-8 wks?

 

[pipermark]

Directly related to how much feed, type of feed and activity of bird.

 

[tonini3059]

That is very true, I had ones with alot of fat while this last batch had very little. The last batch I pastured and restricted their feed and this kept the fat down. However on earlier batches I gave them much more and the produced more fat as a result. As far as actual weights go I would say six ounces for unrestricted and maybe two for pastured, but that is a rough guess.
Is there a particular reason for the question.

 

[hoosiergal]

I fed mine meat crumbles and they had very little free-range and there was very little fat on them. 31/2 - 41/2 lb. birds. I was surprised as this was my first time doing this.

 

[jaku]

I'm not sure how to measure that, but adding corn will increase the fat. Either way, they will be fattier than the store bought birds you normally see.