White Cornish: Building a Quality, Sustainable Flock for Meat and More.....

[GreatBreeder]

Fat Daddy you should get a batch of Cornish Rocks and raise them with White Cornish hatchmates and compare the carcass size once they both reach the slaughter age of White Cornish.

 

[Fairview01]

Cool! I was thinking I might buy Cornish from your source, but I can get them from poultry show central.

And check this link out for a LFWC cockerel. It's not. Anyone care to guess why it isn't a LFWC.

I've never met FD in person. I only know of him from the forum. Based on his conversations I would buy his stock without reservation. You get what you pay for but unless you know what you're bjuying, you can get a whole lot less than what you're paying for.

 

[JRNash]

I have had cornish, Dark, White and WLR, from several breeders. My first were originally from eggs breed by Al Semineraio, a friend from Oklahoma. He bred all three. At one time he had awesome stock but no longer raises birds. Dogs followed by a tornado a few weeks later wiped his birds out. My present whites are mostly from Paul Albertson in Oregon. Pens "A" and "B" are his hens. I hear he no longer raises white cornish either. These were adult birds and the best I ever found for sale. The remainder, Pen "C" hens came from eggs I bought on Ebay from Edwin Smith, also from Oregon. I have also bought outrageously priced eggs from PA off Ebay too.... I resist the urge to do the math and calculate the total original cost of my present flock. It would be a truly obscene number. If I dont actually do the math, when I tell my lovely bride, "I dont really know", Im not lie'n!! I love the breed so its been worth every penny.....

I like Edwin,he really puts a lot into helping the kids get started. Used to follow him on fb. Don't do fb anymore.

 

[JRNash]

I had one asil with pearl eyes. He went Manson on me. I love the orientals. He didn't start out with a pearl eye,his eyes were yellow up until around 7months. I figured it was like puppies having blue eyes that change as they get older

 

[JRNash]

I've got a couple of malay that have pale colored eyes not sure yet what color they will end up

 

[JRNash]

Now you've got me wondering. I have a blue Cochin with red eyes. I know for a fact he didn't start out that way. I've got one of his daughters in with my young poults. Gonna take a pic of her eyes and wait to see if they change. She is hybrid so might not happen

 

[Fat Daddy]

My birds have steel blue eyes till about 12 weeks or so..... After that some go pearl, some yellow, a few orange.... The orange eat at me most. I dont know why.....

 

[JRNash]

To be honest I never really payed it any mind. Like the leg scales. The asil had three perfect rows.

 

[JRNash]

Gonna do some digging see if I can find anything published on this.

 

[JRNash]

Did a quick Google search,there is a lot of conversations noting eye color change from a quick look seems the majority are saying its a hormonal thing