Red Laced Cornish X and project talk (pics p. 8)

[big medicine]

I don't think anybody is going to confuse them with Leghorns just yet.

 

[kfacres]

It's probably the lighting, but what colors are we seeing here?

What are the bloodlines seen in these birds? Are they true F3's, or a backcrossed deal?

 

[big medicine]

A heavily melonotic gold, not sure if single or double laced from the picture, with some white mottling starting to show on top of head.

A mottled gold that was a drastic change after her last molt. There a few that show some mottling in this line.

A double laced gold.

Blue laced red.


There were two pure white Cornish hens also in that breeding pen prior to last years breeding season, so can not be dead sure what the exact parentage of each bird is.

 

[big medicine]

~~Was out in our woods, getting ready to cut some firewood, when I hear the pup (11 month old Anatolian Shepherd/Great Pyrenees) let loose with some deep big girl barks toward the back of the woods. Something she has rarely done yet, got me curious, and thought I better check it out. By the time I made my way through the snow and ice crust, she and Bella (German Shepherd) are shaking, and playing tug of war with a possum. Figuring they had things well in hand, I went back to cutting wood. Then getting toward dark I was sledding my tools, chainsaw, helmet, sledge and maul back up toward the house, when I hear the guineas and some chicken alert calls. When I come out of the woods, I see something moving over in the Cornish run, about a foot from the chicken door. There happily eating chicken poop was a possum, looking remarkably similar to the one the dogs had been playing with earlier. Given my limited choice of ready to hand implements, I opted for the maul. Let's just say that after the tactical application of said implement, the age old possum slayers lament of " You reckon he's really dead, or just playing possum ? " , was not a question that needed to be asked.

 

[tniron]

I am interested in learning about LF dark cornish chickens. I am also intereste in other colors as well. From what i have read raising them may be a bit different than other breeds. I have read that many true breeders are reluctant to sell to people who have never raised them. What are the reasons for this?What are the different characteristics about them? I would like to learn more to see if they are for me.

 

[kfacres]

is a couple threads on here that are great learning sources. read them all the way through.

They are an interesting bird to raise. Require a little more feed and protein that the other breeds, but is understandable considering they have quite a bit more muscle mass.

Breeders of quality stock, in about every breed, every species- are hesitante to sell to anyone who doesn't have the knowledge or true desire to continue the breeding program onward. Those new people are far too often associated with getting out of the business quickly, and finding other interests. Basically, the serious breeder doesnt' want their genetics wasted away.



If any of the followers out there are interested, now that the winter is coming to a close- I would be willing to part with some birds, as I won't need them all with hatching season coming up in the next month.

 

[Totalcolour]

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I shall be sure to keep monitoring this thread then! Himself likes birds that are blue, and I like birds that are tasty. (Not that I'm against pretty birds - or good layers

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big medicine, I'm not sure if it's spring yet where you are, but thought I'd check in about some eggs . . . we just got the incubator all cleaned up, and have a bunch of duck eggs going. I wouldn't mind a few eggs from those gorgeous birds you have

(I had some hatchery Cornish last year, and thought they were nice until I saw a "real" one!)

 

[big medicine]

We are a sunny 18 at the moment, I think even the wind chill is above zero. Probably do well to wait just a bit yet.

 

[kfacres]

Mine haven't even thought of laying the first egg yet.

 

[big medicine]

I've been getting some eggs all winter, but should kick into gear as the weather improves.

I need to ad the keeper pullets to the breeding pen, who are currently in mixed pens, which would require a few weeks wait to insure parentage of resulting eggs.

Replaced the old males in the breeding pen with a pair of cockerels last weekend. The big splash, and a wide, stout, but not quite as tall, blue laced red.

Need to sort out my keeper pullets, and sell off the rest, and the extra cockerels. As well as some of the hens currently in the breeding pen.