raised our first meat birds.... my experience.

[Brunty_Farms]

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Cornish hen size for CX's would be about 4 weeks. When they hit two pounds live weight they are ready. I would guess that colored broilers take about 3 weeks longer to hit that weight and DP about 6 weeks longer.

 

[Bossroo]

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Cornish hen size for CX's would be about 4 weeks. When they hit two pounds live weight they are ready. I would guess that colored broilers take about 3 weeks longer to hit that weight and DP about 6 weeks longer.

Then too, the other types may weigh the same at the higher ages but most certainly will not look like any game hen one can get from your own home raised Cornish X, much less like from any grocery store.

 

[Brunty_Farms]

Your right..... and probably wouldn't taste the same. With the Cornish X's being so young, they definitely are the best candidate as they soak up any kind of marinade, smoke, or brine. Personally I love them slow cooked over a rotisserie with hickory, cherry, or apple wood. Oh man...

 

[Bossroo]

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Saturday, my wife purchased a rotisserie cooked game hen from the local grocery when we came home late. That one bird's meat supplied 2 full sumptuous dinner meals

for the both of us.