raising a meat bird as a pet?

[Bawkadoodledoo]

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Correction, Cornish Cross Chickens (hey, C's!!!) grow to the proportions you are explaining. I happen to have two white rock hens and they are large, my biggest hens, but in no way are they too big to move around.

 

[miss_thenorth]

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Correction, Cornish Cross Chickens (hey, C's!!!) grow to the proportions you are explaining. I happen to have two white rock hens and they are large, my biggest hens, but in no way are they too big to move around.

Like I said--I'm by no means an expert. That being said, I just ordered white rocks, and the desciption says" These heavy birds are bred for meat only They are whtie in colour. The males will reach 10-12 lbs. and females 8 1/2 lbs. a 12 weeks . Tthey should be slaughtered no later than 12 weeks to avoid heart attacks and leg crippling. Males are more prone to this since they are much heavier."

Personally, I haven't had these birds before, so therefore I have not kept them past this age. I don't plan on it either.

If I am wrong, I stand corrected.

 

[patandchickens]

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Is it possible that what you ordered was in fact "white cornish rocks". That being another name for cornish X (they are crossed with rocks, hence the name) broilers.

The description fits that; it does not fit actual purebred white rocks.

(confusingly. "white cornish rock" is a hybrid; "white rock" or "white plymouth rock" is a purebred. Such is life

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Pat

 

[miss_thenorth]

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Is it possible that what you ordered was in fact "white cornish rocks". That being another name for cornish X (they are crossed with rocks, hence the name) broilers.

The description fits that; it does not fit actual purebred white rocks.

(confusingly. "white cornish rock" is a hybrid; "white rock" or "white plymouth rock" is a purebred. Such is life

)

Pat

On the paper I got, it says 'white rock (broiler), followed by the description in previous post. I also ordered Bonnie's Heavy Reds, which are supposed to be slower growing with less problems. They could in fact be something other than white rocks--I'm just going by what the paper says. I could pursue it and find out more info, but since they will only be here for 8-12 weeks, I'm not that overly concerned. However, if what the OP has is a meat bird, I would venture to say it's days are numbered past the 8-12 week stage, anyway