WOOHOOO Got eggs from my meaties!!!

[kfacres]

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Point well taken, Sorry for the misspeak.

I think it will be interesting to see what pops out. I wonder at what age will one be able to tell if they are meaties or not. I think the biggest set back we have had is today one of our girls has developed Bumblefoot. She is the smallest of the Cornish Crosses and we weighed her today and she hit the scales at 10 lbs. Everytime I have to mess with one of those birds I always forget that "meat" means muscle, which I am quickly reminded of when they are not happy. Sheesh those birds are strong! I will collect eggs and take a picture of them and we will see what happens.

Christal

It will be interesting to me,.. to see A- how many are double yolkers B- how many are 'actually' fertile and finally C- how many you can actually get to hatch... I'm guessing A- most or atleast half of them B- not very many C- even less than B.

This is in regards to the CX... I've never really had any FR birds, so I couldn't give an accurate prediction.

 

[growinupinfl]

If nothing else seeing a completely mature corning cross is very surprisingly pleasing. They are very large friendly behemouth creatures. They aren't even nasty looking! I will hopefully get pictures up within the next few days

Christal

 

[flowerchild59]

I think it will be a very interesting project. Please post pics and a time line so we can see their progress.

 

[ramirezframing]

i got two meat cross chicks. dad's a meat bird and mom is either bo or bsl. but the two roo babies are growing like the meat birds do. their as big as birds that are a few months older than them. So good luck with yours.

 

[Jay262]

I have raised these crosses before they still end up being decent meat birds but they dont grow as fast as there parents by no means. They do fill out to be decent size but there nonthing any more special then lets say if you raised a jersey giant they will grow int he same amount of time and the same size.

 

[kizanne]

Interested in how this experiment is turning out.

 

[greenhorn]

Interesting project. I just kept 2 cornish cross hens for a future project, probably keep a few more from my current batch also. I'm probably going to let my white rock rooster in with the cornish cross hens once they start laying. From there I'll probably use roosters from the white rock x cornish x back to the cornish cross. From there I'll probably work on an inbred line by inbreeding the back crossed cornish x's.

Yes I know they won't produce consistent offspring at first but I'll bet it's possible after some work. Yes I also know it will take years but who cares? You have to get a meaty bird when you use such meaty genetics. I also don't care if it takes a few extra weeks to raise these home grown birds. It's more about self sufficiency and producing quality food than it is about saving money on our farm. Experimenting is fun too.

If we get a bunch of double yolkers and poor fertility rates at first I guess it's to be expected. Once the white rock blood is mixed back into the cross it might add some "wildness". You know a bird that actually walks around and scratches for food. Might help out with the double yolk and lack of fertility thing too.

I guess it's plenty easy to put it to paper but the plan could definitely change or get canned before it's over....We could also just buy some FR birds but it don't sound as much fun as making our own.

Seems like there are more and more of these threads popping up. I think somebody is going to catch lightning in a jar one of these times. Anyway good luck with your project and keep us updated. Maybe we can do some egg trading some day.

 

[lilcritters]

I have 7 left that will be a year old in March. No eggs yet.... I need to find a huge large breed rooster to put in with them since the BO died...


April

 

[KWAK]

Any hatch?