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

[nchvac]

A mutt that doesn't lay as good as a leg horn nor has as much meat as a Cornish bantam.

Anytime leg horn and meat is mentioned in the same sentence the only thing that would rival them for a poor choice would be a silkie.

The rir Cornish cross would yield a bird that laid eggs and tasted like chicken.

Seriously though, I don't know what you are asking... because the simple answer is your going to get a mutt. The first generation should be pretty uniform and predictable but if you were to breed the f1 back together by the f2 generation you'd be getting everything from piss ants to elephants

Now that is a post with some info worth reading. Thank you

I'm not concerned with coloring at all. What I am interested in is a rooster for my hens to produce a couple pens of meat birds a year, maybe 30 total. I had read that if a bantam breeds a large fowl that the offspring will be the size of their mother, so I figured a bantam Cornish could maybe throw the Cornish genes in for a rooster half the size to handle and maintain, plus I hear the LF hens like the bantam roosters much better because they don't beat them up, and a bantam would fit my hutch better than a LF rooster, and my wife and dog have been scared of my LF roosters in the past so I am hoping to find something that will work for them other than leaving the rooster pined up.

 

[Egghead_Jr]

nchvac-

It just doesn't seem a worthy project. It's your time and goal but I'd think your goal of meat would be better obtained elsewhere. The thing is you can eat any bird, it doesn't need to be a meat or dual purpose. Leghorns do indeed taste like chicken, they just won't have the breast size your maybe wanting. But that in itself is nullified by making small dual purpose/meat birds. So you see where I'm going with this. Just raise leghorns. If you want something else then go that route but making a project of mini sized plump birds because you've space limitations doesn't seem a fulfilling endeavor. Show quality leghorns and eating the cockerels or even moving over to show quality Andalusion (though that makes for less eggs). With space limitations and wanting eggs an idea of not quite bantam bird for a sole breed for me would be Jearhon.

Come to think of it- Rhode Island Reds come in bantam. There's a meat and egg bird pre-made.

 

[nchvac]

I will check those breeds. I was thinking about Australorp as well and hear they are a good egg layer and lay year round, but I seem to find a lot of inconsistency with chickens producing what they are supposed to. I found someone local with Buckeyes but she said hers are 11 months old and have yet to lay an egg. So much for that.

I don't mind a dual purpose chicken at all. I had a nice Barred Rock of some of the best stock in the country that I could find (Disney). He just didn't have enough room to do his business in the hutch and would clobber the hens the minute I let him out each morning (they were pined up together at all times, just evidently couldn't get on top in the hutch, which is probably 2 foot + tall. He did not have a good heritage personality either and that got him into trouble with attacking my wife and dog but I could pick him up and rock him like a baby with not problems whatsoever. I hated dispatching him but I would rather hold my wife than a rooster.

Tell ya the truth, I would like to find a breed to really get behind and be proud of. I really do like the Cornish and have for years so I will likely go with LF Cornish and maybe Australorps or Leghorns for eggs, though some of these hatchery Cornish do seem to produce eggs well, but appear to be lacking in the meat and legs department.

 

[Chickenheadmate]

this is number 1 he is 13 weeks old and weighs 9lbs

this is number 6 (I think) he is 11 weeks old and weighs 7lbs

the varied sizes are due to age differences

Are these BCM x cX?

this is number 1 he is 13 weeks old and weighs 9lbs

this is number 6 (I think) he is 11 weeks old and weighs 7lbs

the varied sizes are due to age differences

 

[nicalandia]

Check this out

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...nd-cross-with-white-rock.194489/post-18348418

Dark Cornish are great eating birds all on their own. I cross them for a better rate of gain/faster growing bird. I also like a lighter feathered bird for plucking.
Here are a few of my Dark Cornish/ CX cross birds:







Pure Dark Cornish (4 months)

50% Dark Cornish 50% CX (3 months)

 

[Mesa]

Check this out

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...nd-cross-with-white-rock.194489/post-18348418

Why were they crossed with? And do you happen to sell hatching eggs?