- Feb 19, 2009
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Same here..... I know for sure that no one can duplicate the cornish cross. (you do not have to tell me...)
BUT, I do have cornish x now that I will restrick feed and cross breeding with the "red broiler" (which someone I wont say who! at Ideal told me to do! and I will create a "super bird")
Also for my cross breeding experiement I have white rock, Dark cornish, red cornish, white rhode island, and the white cornsih cross all for "expermential breeding"
I think after hatching eggs from these breeders I expect to have good meat birds at 6/8 lbs dressed in 10/12 weeks. I was adding the white rock and white rhode island for the duel purpose aspect of getting more eggs so I can hatch more. This will cut the costs of the meat bird to processing only... I am figuring if I bought the equipment to process birds it might not save me enough money for the trouble and I can hatch my own food.... I have a seperate pen for egg chickens too. Any advice or suggestions anyone????
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I would echo this suggestion. My plans are to no longer raise the Cornish X. I am currently expirimenting on which heritage breed I like the best. So far this year I have started Buckeyes, Buff Orpingtons, and the Dark Cornish. I butchered a Buckeye and was very pleased with the way it dressed. It resembled a cornish x. I only was able to hatch 2 Dark Cornishes, and I pretty sure one is a roo. I think I'm going to try crossing the DC and the Buckeye. Biggest drawback of Heritage breeds is that it takes 16-20 weeks in lieu of 6-8 weeks. The best thing is you can potentially hatch your own. If I pay $1 for a Cornish X chick, I can feed a heritage breed 6 pounds of feed for that same $1. I'm not sure of the Feed Conversion Rate of heritage breeds, but I would think that would even it up a bit.
This is my 2 cents worth.
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I would echo this suggestion. My plans are to no longer raise the Cornish X. I am currently expirimenting on which heritage breed I like the best. So far this year I have started Buckeyes, Buff Orpingtons, and the Dark Cornish. I butchered a Buckeye and was very pleased with the way it dressed. It resembled a cornish x. I only was able to hatch 2 Dark Cornishes, and I pretty sure one is a roo. I think I'm going to try crossing the DC and the Buckeye. Biggest drawback of Heritage breeds is that it takes 16-20 weeks in lieu of 6-8 weeks. The best thing is you can potentially hatch your own. If I pay $1 for a Cornish X chick, I can feed a heritage breed 6 pounds of feed for that same $1. I'm not sure of the Feed Conversion Rate of heritage breeds, but I would think that would even it up a bit.
This is my 2 cents worth.
