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

[RiverOtter]

I just want to thank everyone who's posting on this wildly informative thread. We just got a few Buff Cornish from a hatchery, I'd wanted them for a cross-breeding project, but after having read and learned so much here, I think they'll be getting a coop of their own and becoming a project in themselves!

 

[Kiki]

I just want to thank everyone who's posting on this wildly informative thread. We just got a few Buff Cornish from a hatchery, I'd wanted them for a cross-breeding project, but after having read and learned so much here, I think they'll be getting a coop of their own and becoming a project in themselves!

Which hatchery did you get them from?

 

[RiverOtter]

@KikisGirls , I got them from Ideal.

 

[Kiki]

@KikisGirls , I got them from Ideal.

Thanks!
I didn't know they had them.

 

[Kiki]

@KikisGirls , I got them from Ideal.

I wonder what these look like:
http://www.idealpoultry.com/item.html

eta:
the link doesn't go to the correct bird page.

 

[RiverOtter]

I wonder what these look like:
http://www.idealpoultry.com/item.html

I found exactly ONE picture of Buff Cornish online, it was from a bird show. But I figure they're buff, they're Cornish, they should look like any hatchery quality Cornish, painted yellow... So far are starting to feather out nicely and are little chunks! At 3 weeks old are noticeably meat birds. Not as big as CX of the same age, but like 3x the weight of standard breeds.

I'll post pictures of them when they grow

 

[Kiki]

I found exactly ONE picture of Buff Cornish online, it was from a bird show. But I figure they're buff, they're Cornish, they should look like any hatchery quality Cornish, painted yellow... So far are starting to feather out nicely and are little chunks! At 3 weeks old are noticeably meat birds. Not as big as CX of the same age, but like 3x the weight of standard breeds.

I'll post pictures of them when they grow

Great...I'd like to see what they look like.

 

[Fairview01]

My herd as of today. Right at sixty 2018 chicks on the ground. The smaller ones are my last hatch from 28 April. 29 total. Started working with preincubation techniques and had a 73% hatch rate from eggs collected over a 2 week period. A lot of fun to have that many Cornish hatch at one time.

The larger ones are a mix of 4 different hatches. Finally getting ready to go outside now that they would have to work at getting through the wire. I'm hoping to get 6 spectacular ones to reserve for my second breeding pen next year. The other ones will stock out freezers.

 

[Fairview01]

Oh yeah finally got my Texas PT certification and inspector number this week. Not much good considering there is only one pharmaceutical that manufactures the antigen one batch annually and nation wide the only antigen is that which is in use. Back ordered until September. However once it hits the shelf anything I sell will be NPIP for both PT and AI free.

I knew there was a good reason I have a veterinarian in my family.

 

[Chickenheadmate]

My herd as of today. Right at sixty 2018 chicks on the ground. The smaller ones are my last hatch from 28 April. 29 total. Started working with preincubation techniques and had a 73% hatch rate from eggs collected over a 2 week period. A lot of fun to have that many Cornish hatch at one time.

The larger ones are a mix of 4 different hatches. Finally getting ready to go outside now that they would have to work at getting through the wire. I'm hoping to get 6 spectacular ones to reserve for my second breeding pen next year. The other ones will stock out freezers. View attachment 1396771 View attachment 1396772

Are these for sale, or have any other that you may have for sale?