What breed chicken is this?

[hinkjc]

Definitely not leghorns - legs are too thick. I would guess white rock or cornish cross. If it's white rock, they can be pets and lay eggs. If it is cornish cross, they will flip (drop over with heart attack eventually). We kept one pullet from a meat bird batch one year and she lived to 7 months old, just started laying eggs and flipped. They are not meant to be grown long term. They are usually butchered between 6-8 weeks old. Yours look kind of small for 6-8 week old cornish cross tho, so not 100% sure. Ours are that size and only 3 weeks old.

Jody

 

[nu2chixinmo]

OH MY GOD!!!!! THE CORNISH CROSS'S WILL EVENTUALLY JUST KEAL OVER ON ME? HE IS ABOUT 13 WEEKS NOW, BEEN JOKING THAT WE SHOULD "BUTCHER" HIM, BUT DON'T HAVE THE HEART. HE IS EVEN STILL ON THE STARTER MEDICATED FEED, U CAN'T EAT THEM IF THEY ARE STILL ON THAT TYPE OF FEED CAN U? NOT THAT I WOULD EAT HIM - HE IS ONE OF MY DAUGHTERS FAVORITES - JUST BECAUSE HE IS SO BIG AND LAZY. ALL HE DOES IS EAT AND LAY DOWN......I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW THAT THEIR HEARTS WOULD EVENTUALLY JUST GIVE UP EITHER, HOW HEART BREAKING

 

[mlheran]

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nu2chixinmo - any type of chicken shouldn't be kept on medicated feed for that long, they only need it for the first 6-8 weeks or so. As a Cross, he should be on a grower/finisher, but you can keep them on starter until butchering age (which is past and moot, in your case). However, as I've been reading in Storey's Guide, the medicated feed is probably what's been keeping your chick going since it increases feed conversion. BUT, as the Catch-22, you can't eat anything that comes from a medicated chicken -meat OR eggs.

I'm not sure what would be best in your case. I'd say hope for the best though!