What breed are these?

[mikey569]

 

[Cowgirl71]

Dark Cornish!

A rooster (in back) and three hens.

 

[mikey569]

thank you so much, we bought these off my wife's uncle to start our little flock. we had no clue what we bought, but we are in it now lol

 

[Cowgirl71]

Congrats on your chickens!

You've come to the best place on the web to learn about them!

Here's some interesting links about Dark Cornish (aka Indian Games):
http://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/dark_cornish.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornish_(chicken)

A lot of places on the internet say that Dark Cornish are really poor layers (1 egg week per hen), but I've read about a lot of BYCers who were getting 5-6 eggs week from each of their Dark Cornish hens.

 

[mikey569]

Wow, like i said im totally new to this, but my wife had chickens as a child, with this economy we figured we would try to collect the eggs and maybe later on might start to hatch some. Thank you for the info. so far i have learned a lot on this site

 

[Faith Hope]

I have a mix of a lot of breeds in my flock. I have 2 dark cornish hens that are just over a year old. Both of them have been broody twice! They are good mommas. Mine also lay 4-5 times a week at least.