Rooster or hen?

[skjoller97]

i got a couple of chicks from a store called gecko. They normally sell little baby chicks but thi said they had a couple that were a little older in the back. I assumed they would tell me if either of them were roosters since we can't have them in Dallas but they old me they didn't know anything about them since someone just dropped them off. I felt bad and got them but one is larger than the other and has blue-grey eyes, has a larger comb and very meaty legs. Can anyone tell me what it is I'll send pictures in different angles

 

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[junebuggena]

Those are Cornish Cross chicks, one cockerel, one pullet. They if you plan on keeping them, their feed needs to be strictly controlled and you need to encourage them to move around as much as possible.

 

[skjoller97]

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Those are Cornish Cross chicks, one cockerel, one pullet. They if you plan on keeping them, their feed needs to be strictly controlled and you need to encourage them to move around as much as possible.
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What do I feed them? Normal chicken food and are they a breed with specific needs

 

[junebuggena]

They should be fed a grower feed. Chick starter has a bit too much protein in it and will increase their growth rate. They are a meat hybrid, bred to grow very big, very fast. They reach processing weight by about 8 weeks old. They are not bred for health or longevity. Most people who accidentally end up with these, struggle to get them to 6 months of age. They have to have their feed restricted to help slow their rapid growth. They will eat themselves to death if given the chance. Do not feed them more than 3 times a day, and only offer what they can consume in a 10 to 15 minute time period. They need to be encouraged to move around and exercise to develop healthy bones and joints. If you do manage to keep them alive and healthy past 5 or 6 months old, the pullet will produce 3 to 5 large, brown eggs a week. They very rarely live longer than a year and half old even under the best of circumstances. They need to be fed careful for their entire lives.

 

[Free Feather]

If they are truly Cornish x, they need to be fed a very restricted diet. While they are chicks, feed them a lower protein grower with a niacin supplement if you can in the day time. Take the feed away at night. When they are about four weeks old, feed them in the morning and before bed, only what they will eat in twenty minutes. At eight weeks, feed them in the evening, a layer food. This is all if it is warm outdoors and they are free ranging all day. If you plan on keeping them confined, make sure they got lots of greens, fruits, and foraging opportunities. In the winter, go back to feeding them in the morning as well an the evening. If they are starting to gain too much, cut back, but if they are doing really poorly, give them more. I have five pullets that will be four months old in a week, and they are doing really well considering they were fed like a meat bird and kept closely confined by the person who had them the first three months of their life. They can run, jump up two feet, roost on a low pole, and actively scratch around now that I have had them on a diet free ranging. They seem pretty happy, and they do not pant like they did when I got them. Fermenting their food helps, too, with keeping their crap from getting as nasty as it is prone to become. Just know that they are not much like "regular" chickens, regardless of what everyone else says. I love my darlings, though.