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

[r devries]

I have two LF dark cornish Hens, and am trying to track down a rooster that was a very good start to a blr project, I sold this rooster two years ago.

 

[galanie]

I am really curious why so many want the rare colors. Is it just to have what others don't have or because you love the color? I love Jubiliee color but that's about the only color other than buff, blue or black that truly catches my eye. A while back lavender or self blue was "it' and still sort if is, but I never cared for it.

 

[r devries]

Well I myself really like the blr, any good cornish up here in canada is rare, so a rare colour makes it something virtually no one has.

 

[galanie]

I am really curious why so many want the rare colors. Is it just to have what others don't have or because you love the color? I love Jubiliee color but that's about the only color other than buff, blue or black that truly catches my eye. A while back lavender or self blue was "it' and still sort if is, but I never cared for it.

I posted this in the wrong thread. I was actually talking about a different breed, the Orpington. So sorry. I have no idea how I made such a mistake.

As for the white laced cornish, I completely understand wanting that. Some other breeds though have so many different colors, I do wonder about that in those cases.

 

[al6517]

I am really curious why so many want the rare colors. Is it just to have what others don't have or because you love the color? I love Jubiliee color but that's about the only color other than buff, blue or black that truly catches my eye. A while back lavender or self blue was "it' and still sort if is, but I never cared for it.

Well G........ I think it has to do more with the trends and fads among the new kind of chicken owner. anytime you get a bunch of suburbanites keeping a few hen's in the childrens old playhouse out back, then your going to start to see a growth in crazy things. Heck 10 years ago you never heard or saw a chicken with a diaper or apron on, and pet chickens free ranging in the living room and sleeping on the couch, or rescue chicken facilities for otherwise culls. And the hatcheries catering to that crowd, it's just the way it is and should peter out in a few years when they become bored with it and the next new pet trend/fad emerges, history repeats itself.

 

[Minniechickmama]

I just had a batch butchered last week of 8 ducks, 1 turkey and 5 chickens. One of those chickens was a Black Laced Red Cornish from Big Medicine's dad's flock. He was a good looking bird, but getting a little out of hand with me, plus he had a cushion comb. Otherwise, I liked the looks of him. I have a few of his offspring and will see what I get there. He hatched in September and dressed right at 6-pounds. To me, he looks like a small turkey out in the freezer! I can't wait to cook him up and see if he tastes as good as he looks. When I do, I will surely post a picture. I hated having to do that with him, but I don't keep meanies and I wasn't waiting until he jumped my daughter.
The other cockerel from that hatch is a Splash Laced and he is beautiful in color. I also like him as a Cornish specimen. Maybe a little too leggy for what many top breeders are going for, but I like him anyway and plan to put him over a couple of hens I got from a show breeder this spring after I get a few more from them with the boys they are with now that I bought with them.
Here is the Splash Laced...

 

[Cedarknob]

I like your WLR bantams r devries, and that splash cockerel should serve you well Minniechick.

I lost almost the entire pen full of chicks that I was gong to take pictures of; some predators dug under the sides and ate all but four in one night. I've added electric fencing and now have more.

Here are two Ameraucana X CX crosses. There is a 5 quart pail for size comparison in one picture, and these April chicks are meaty enough to be processed as Cornish hens at this age.






A couple of White Cornish chicks.






A couple of "paint" Cornish chicks.

 

[Minniechickmama]

As usual, very nice birds.

I especially like the beards on the Cornish faces! I never thought of that combo, but it is very cool.
How did you come up with Paint? That is very cool too.

 

[Cedarknob]

As usual, very nice birds.

I especially like the beards on the Cornish faces! I never thought of that combo, but it is very cool.
How did you come up with Paint? That is very cool too.

Thank you. The Ameraucana X CX cross is the beginning of developing a breed of winter hardy, dual purpose chickens that are more suited for meat production than Ameraucanas or Araucanas. This generation actually has no Cornish blood other than the distant ancestors of the CX.

My White Cornish cock evidently has two copies of recessive white and one copy of dominant white. He has produced all white chicks from my white pullets, but both white with black splotches and black chicks from my DC gals and the same from a test breeding to a partridge EE. [Only one of four from the EE have hatched alive, and it's a huge black chick with muffs. A white and two more blacks failed to pip, but the live one pipped and hatched from an egg after sitting out in the trash over night because it went 22 days without pipping.] All of my CX crosses also have one copy of dominant white but many are pure white, and some show only a little blue bleed. I have no idea why the Cornish's chicks are leaking black so heavy, but they should also carry a copy of recessive white, so future chicks from them may be pure recessive white, pure dominant white, paint, or colored.

 

[galanie]

I am really curious why so many want the rare colors. Is it just to have what others don't have or because you love the color? I love Jubiliee color but that's about the only color other than buff, blue or black that truly catches my eye. A while back lavender or self blue was "it' and still sort if is, but I never cared for it.

Well G........ I think it has to do more with the trends and fads among the new kind of chicken owner. anytime you get a bunch of suburbanites keeping a few hen's in the childrens old playhouse out back, then your going to start to see a growth in crazy things. Heck 10 years ago you never heard or saw a chicken with a diaper or apron on, and pet chickens free ranging in the living room and sleeping on the couch, or rescue chicken facilities for otherwise culls. And the hatcheries catering to that crowd, it's just the way it is and should peter out in a few years when they become bored with it and the next new pet trend/fad emerges, history repeats itself.

You know, Al, thats kinda what I think. Even though I meant this to be about a different breed, same concept applies. I like looking at WLR more than dark cornish but you know, I couldn't care less when raising a utility bird what color it is. As stated, the blacks and some other colors catch my eye, but if the best I can get are purple black and green then dangit mine will be purple black and green.

That said, I still enjoy following along with the color projects, etc. I have learned a LOT about standard cornish and genetics in general by following this thread as long as I have.