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I would not necessary say we are doing better......we are still in the tinkering stages. (Maybe the sustaining stage would be a better word.)

In the last 2 weeks I lost 2 of 5 hens. My hens were 1 year old in March. They both prolapsed their entire large intestine. So far I have hatched 1 pullet and 8 cockerels this year. Yes the rooster GODS love me. I did set another 20 eggs last night though. With any luck the rooster Gods will not be in my favor.

They are definitely a bottom of the pecking order breed that need their own brooder and adult pens. They are slow to feather and quick to be pecked at or picked on. I am hoping to breed some vitality back into them.
 
MNChickMom said:
I would not necessary say we are doing better......we are still in the tinkering stages. (Maybe the sustaining stage would be a better word.)

In the last 2 weeks I lost 2 of 5 hens. My hens were 1 year old in March. They both prolapsed their entire large intestine. So far I have hatched 1 pullet and 8 cockerels this year. Yes the rooster GODS love me. I did set another 20 eggs last night though. With any luck the rooster Gods will not be in my favor.

They are definitely a bottom of the pecking order breed that need their own brooder and adult pens. They are slow to feather and quick to be pecked at or picked on. I am hoping to breed some vitality back into them.
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I lost a 2 1/2 year old hen today. So I am down to 2 hens and Bert. I blame the death on Bert. He has a tendency to over breed. I would kick him out of the pen, but he would be dead in 24 hours. They just do not do well with other birds.

They are so far down the pecking order the sparrows beat the crap out of them.
 
Humboldthilldad said:
Do you have any pics of the Cornish Cross X Cornish Cross? The frog generation? I’d love to see them!
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I doubt I have any early pictures of them..

Here are three of three birds I took yesterday.
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What's a Dixie rainbow?
duluthralphie said:
The Toad is a 4 step process,

The first Generation is Cx crossed to CX,, That is known as a frog

Next Generation is a Frog to a Dixie Rainbow, This becomes a lizard
Then the lizard is crossed back to the CX.

That gives you a toad, it is 7/8th CX and 1/8 Dixie rainbow. That little Rainbow gives a bigger bird that does not eat itself to death.
They are huge with more dark meat to white meat ratio. They are not lazy slobs.

The hard part was keeping CX's alive long enough to breed them. The Toads are not problem. They seem to live longer than the CX's.
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Kusanar said:
Someone on my facebook just got 50 CX chicks and thinks they will be able to keep them as pets... People are telling them that they will still lay... I told them they need to start restricting food NOW if they don't want them to start dropping dead from 8-12 weeks old... I don't think they listened...
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My uncle have CX that laid at 8 months. They were literally free range and just eat whatever is on the ground or thrown from the kitchen. They're still so huge. Beautiful white birds and she laid 20 eggs so far. But my uncle use them as table eggs. That's the only problem with CX and that u can't find any CX roo in the market. Just pullets
 
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