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

[MobyQuail]

sorry, they do get locked away everynight.

here is a pic of Ms. Low, with Mr. Shortback Red

new Ft. Cocks...

and here is the old Coop, before picture...

 

[bt2000]

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Thanks Katy..

Even though I don't participate in this thread much. I do follow all of this groups projects and progress closely. It relates to some of my "theories" with Dels and getting them to a "true duel purpose" bird. Which is one of my goals.

All of you have some outstanding birds and projects I wish I could dedicate time and resources to. In the future I plan on trying a few ideas. Until then, it's great to just be a spectator in what all of you are doing.

 

[MobyQuail]

here is the bantam cornish trio, still in QT, sorry, bad picture with the ol phone.

 

[SteveH]

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Thanks Model A, and best wishes with your crosses.

 

[SteveH]

Last year I raised hatchery sourced WLRCs with EEs purchased at the same time; I liked the Cornish as hatchlings, but by the time they feathered, I was noticing only small differences between the way they were built and my same age EEs. I'm noticing differences in this year's chicks [from crosses of my breeder sourced DCs over the hatchery sourced WLRC pullets]. They look shorter, a more horizontal stance, wider at the shoulder so more heart shaped when viewed from above, and much thicker shanked than their mothers did at this age; much heavier than the same age black Ameraucana in the pic. I'm hoping they stay headed towards the direction they seem to be.

One of the things I've started looking for in early evaluations is shank girth.

ETA: .................................. and I like the fact they are forageing while their feed pan is full

I found a pic from last year. They were older than the chicks above, so a bit bigger, but they're more narrow bodied with longer, more slender shanks. At the time, I was hoping they would get more typey with age. The white one at the edge is a same age CX pullet.

 

[MobyQuail]

so, yes, the bantam cornish X blue rock project. meaning only to keep this thread hoppin, not hijackin.
and imho and my experience, people don't mind the pics and its been pretty easy getting them from camera or phone to my upload space here.

the bantam trio we picked up off craigslist, $5 a bird, ~1.5 years old.
They were setting on eggs, instead of toss the eggs, we took them with us and incubated them out, got 10 cornish chicks, 1 passed, 9 left.

So, now we have a whole lot of Cornish, new Coop time...

coffee digression, sorry, we can raise the bantam cornish to some age? weigh them if you want? take pictures?

along the way and back to the X project, Mr. Bantam Cornish Roo can meet the blue Rock sisters next week or so, we are getting alot of rain here now, damp, wet, should bring out any monkey cooties if anyone has them?

then we can ask for suggestions. thanks for the kind words.

 

[bt2000]

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What would also be interesting is the FCR of the bantams vs the LFs.. I've read that you can actually get a better FCR with the bantams. For the wife and I, bantams as a meat birds would most likely be ideal.. Though I could see where is could be come problematic, she'll think they're "to cute" to put in the freezer..

 

[KatyTheChickenLady]

don't worry about hijacking, this thread is an open ended discussion about meat bird projects and we love pics

I find your project very interesting bythe way. I don't have any pure cornish (wish I did) but love watching what a few of you are doing with them.

 

[SteveH]

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My only experience with "banties" [as we called them] was "my" childhood flock of near ferals. Aside from my interferrance in selecting for colors I thought attractive; only those well adapted to survival lived to breeding age, they were provided a coop but never penned. They evolved into a flock resembling game bantams......................... not at all worth the effort of processing or fit for the table.................... which I thought a benefit as "my banties" [they were mine only in the fact that I was held responcible for gathering their eggs] were all allowed to live due to their value as bug eaters. LOL My dad later traded them off after my dog died. He knew he was allowed to chase them only if they trespassed in the yard; once he was gone they started eating the garden. Those Cornish bantams look to be much more table worthy. I did have a bantam Cochin in a mixed flock of large fowl allowed free run in an adult experiment of mine, but without a dog to guard them from varmits, she was the first to be lost.

 

[MobyQuail]

well, if Mr. Bantam Cornish Roo has about a 10" vertical jump, we may find out what happens. probably leave him with his 2 lady friends and add the 2 blue Rock pullets in next week, what else could we...we have one barred rock hen that is meatier than the others and wider across the back. collecting eggs for 5-7 days from ~5 birds should get us at least 20 eggs to throw in the bator.