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Katie, the CX crosses were double the size of same age Ameraucanas and EEs.
ETA: Actually there was quite a bit of varience in size and some in build. The clean faced male was shorter than this bird but wider through the breast; and a clean faced pullet has so far gotten only slightly larger than an adult Ameraucana, but its because she's wider than adult Ameraucanas at her current 5 months.
This guy was probably at 8 lbs when pictured here at 13 1/2 weeks; and though carrying more breast meat than this picture shows, it was right after this point that he slowed growing upwards and started getting wide....................... they weren't pretty birds [this one I thought looked like Big Bird, with that long neck coming off the big body],
and the smooth faced male had even more skin showing in place of muffs...................... it was a much more game looking face than I expected, and the lone pullet has a one also. I'm expecting an order of female CX this week............................ and would not have made up my mind to go through the expence and hassle of replacing my lost crosses if they had not shown much more promise than any other.
I have one known chick of my nice DC crossed to that black Ameraucana behind the pictured bird............................ it remains to be seen how it grows out.......................... she was a bit smaller, but heavier through the breast than my other Ameraucanas, and too hard feathered for a quality Ameraucana. The little black chick resulting from that cross is banded, but her scraggly muffs identify her without looking for the band.
Katie, the CX crosses were double the size of same age Ameraucanas and EEs.
ETA: Actually there was quite a bit of varience in size and some in build. The clean faced male was shorter than this bird but wider through the breast; and a clean faced pullet has so far gotten only slightly larger than an adult Ameraucana, but its because she's wider than adult Ameraucanas at her current 5 months.
This guy was probably at 8 lbs when pictured here at 13 1/2 weeks; and though carrying more breast meat than this picture shows, it was right after this point that he slowed growing upwards and started getting wide....................... they weren't pretty birds [this one I thought looked like Big Bird, with that long neck coming off the big body],
I have one known chick of my nice DC crossed to that black Ameraucana behind the pictured bird............................ it remains to be seen how it grows out.......................... she was a bit smaller, but heavier through the breast than my other Ameraucanas, and too hard feathered for a quality Ameraucana. The little black chick resulting from that cross is banded, but her scraggly muffs identify her without looking for the band.
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