Well personally I do not plan to eat them unless they go cripple then I will kill them and eat them. I am currently trying to sell them. I rescued them to save them and rehome them. I use Purina Start and Grow Medicated. It clearly states on the bag use until laying age or 18 weeks. Then swap to laying food. So.....am I doing something wrong? They are Cornish Rock Crosses 2nd generation. Crossed with red sex links, black sex links, green eggers, Brown leghorns, buff orpington. So I am not sure if I should be doing something different.Dang! That's just too hot for me.
Do you have chick pics? I have a white EE that is wheaton and wondering how it will turn out.
What kind of eggs in the DIY? Shipped? Were they fertile?
In Utah we can sell up to 500 chickens a year I think to individuals without getting a permit. But there was a local story of folks getting harased for doing 250 because they don't have the proper facilities.
I'm anxious to see how this one goes with your temps correct.
12 weeks is a long time for a Cornish X. We are going to harvest next week. Ours were born march 13th I think.
12 week cornish x on chick starter?
Ours are ugly. Lost 2 to heart attack. Free ranging a bit. We will try freedom rangers next.
Laying? Maybe I think you are talking about something that you are not. What kind of birds are they?
Cornish X is what everyone eats all the time. They say they taste like cardboard compared to a heritage breed like barred rock or wyandotte.
Yea!!! Good luck and let us know how it goes!!!3 days til hatch day!! Hatch should start the fourth!!
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Its purina start and grow medicated. They are no where near 20lbs. Lol!!!Rossfam's are supposedly some 2nd gen Cornish cross, maybe...so not the same horrid genetics.
A Jumbo Cornish cross on chick starter for 12 weeks, if it lived, would probably be 20 pounds...
The last batch I did not only had extremely small hearts, but huge crops and almost no gizzard. The crumble and pellet food doesn't require any effort on their part. I want to put together a high protein coarse food, like fermented grains with ground fish. Unfortunately, I'm not in a place where ground fish is cheaply available.
She's feeding generic chick starter, but yeah, I don't think that is generally used until point of lay...what kind?
Cornish x don't have to taste like cardboard. Diet quality is important. If they eat grass and grains, they taste just fine
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