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

[A.T. Hagan]

Well, these photos did not come out well at all. Camera wanted to focus on the wire and not the birds behind it.

This weekend I'll try to get better photos.

These are the Dark Cornish I hatched from S&S Poultry in North Carolina. About a week shy of three months old. They've settled down a lot since I took them out of the brooder. The cockerels are getting a bit of heft to them.

 

[SteveH]

A.T. Hagan :

Well, these photos did not come out well at all. Camera wanted to focus on the wire and not the birds behind it.

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-...EjFiwz8AGo/s912/2011-09-01%252018.44.24-1.jpg

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-...CDw/oziV_a8iiVo/2011-09-01%252018.44.30-1.jpg

This weekend I'll try to get better photos.

These are the Dark Cornish I hatched from S&S Poultry in North Carolina. About a week shy of three months old. They've settled down a lot since I took them out of the brooder. The cockerels are getting a bit of heft to them.

Cameras always adjust to the brightest lighted surface in front of them to prevent over-exposure. Thanks for posting the picture and I would love to see them more clearly.

I can make them out well enough to see they're wide shanked and heavy bodied. While I'm of the belief that true Cornish should be preserved for their value as a heritage breed, if they turn out be softer feathered than they're supposed to be I wouldn't let it bother me.

IMO the true Cornish's value was always as a cross on a softer feathered, faster growing breed, or as a slow growing gourmet bird on its own. The corporations long ago moved on from that simple cross to come up with lines for complex crosses; but I believe our dependence on the one corporation that now controls all those genetics to be unhealthy.​

 

[A.T. Hagan]

For being as young as they are a couple of the cockerels are beginning to chunk up nicely. So far I am pleased with them.

I must say though I'm beginning to worry that Al may get all of my bird money if I'm not careful!

 

[Totalcolour]

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Having never seen a true Cornish, I was really surprised when I picked up one of mine and felt the really hard feathers. I didn't have access to a breeder, so bought hatchery. So far, ONE is really looking good as far as type, and looks a lot like the really nice birds on this thread, except his colour isn't very good (WLR). More blotchy than laced.

Going to have to wait and see with this "creeping crud" problem if he'll be a survivor or not. Was planning on crossing with the Sussex, but only have one left now. Maybe cross with Ameraucana?

STEVE: you have done some Cornish/Am crosses I think, made some big table birds if I remember correctly. What color eggs do they lay or didn't they get that far?

TC

 

[Minniechickmama]

A.T. Hagan :

For being as young as they are a couple of the cockerels are beginning to chunk up nicely. So far I am pleased with them.

I must say though I'm beginning to worry that Al may get all of my bird money if I'm not careful!

I too have some from SandS. I am happy with what I have, not that they are perfect but more of what I can work with compared to big hatchery birds.
I have 3 out and 2 to go from BM and his dad. LOOKING GOOD!
It isn't much, but better than nothing!​

 

[SteveH]

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I too have some from SandS. I am happy with what I have, not that they are perfect but more of what I can work with compared to big hatchery birds.
I have 3 out and 2 to go from BM and his dad. LOOKING GOOD!
It isn't much, but better than nothing!

I started to use that monogram for Big Medicine myself, and decided it might not be appreciated.

I wouldn't say you don't have much. Congrats on the hatchlings. What color?

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[SteveH]

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I have one very young black cockeral that's DC X Black AM. You may be thinking of the Ameraucana X CX crosses, they were huge, meaty, white birds, but all wiped out in the buffalo gnat catastrophy. If an Ameraucana is pure, 100% of its crossbred pullet offspring should lay blue or green eggs............................ but some the next generation will not. It only takes one copy of the O gene to make them lay blue eggs, and Ameraucanas should have two; but if you used a brown egg layer in the cross they will look green because of the brown tint over blue shells, and only be carrying one copy for O. You can actually sand brown or green eggs and get down to the white or blue shell underneath.

 

[SteveH]

Here's a bantam DC pullet nearing full growth, she will probably get just a bit thicker. I think for someone short on space or wanting little birds for serving whole on each plate................................. [I'm sure you can finish that thought]

[There's a very young LF DC in the back of the cage with her. It's not a bantam cross, but was hatched by a bantam DC broody.]

 

[Minniechickmama]

I am only going to have the 3, the other 2 didn't make it out.
I have one that looks Splash, and 2 Dark looking ones. I will post some pictures later.

No offense meant there Gary, I wouldn't even approach calling someone by that name. So sorry

 

[SteveH]

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Sorry I brought it up, but when I was I proof reading an earlier post of mine I realized I had just called Gary a BM. If he's like me he's been called worse, but..............................