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If you've never raised Cornish X's for meat, a word of warning -they grow so freakishly fast that it's almost creepy. They just eat and poop -a LOT of poop....more poop than you can imagine. I raised seven of them last spring, and was glad to get to processing day. The are the messiest animals ever! They are like the T-Rex of chickens; always looking to eat, and at 8 weeks old, they stomped around so loudly in the coop -twice the size of my Buff Orpingtons. I think that's why hubby wouldn't eat them -he heard me complaining about how messy they were :/
 
mrsdszoo said:
If you've never raised Cornish X's for meat, a word of warning -they grow so freakishly fast that it's almost creepy. They just eat and poop -a LOT of poop....more poop than you can imagine. I raised seven of them last spring, and was glad to get to processing day. The are the messiest animals ever! They are like the T-Rex of chickens; always looking to eat, and at 8 weeks old, they stomped around so loudly in the coop -twice the size of my Buff Orpingtons. I think that's why hubby wouldn't eat them -he heard me complaining about how messy they were :/
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That's just freaky to me, something that grows that fast.
 
GAMARANS IS the queen of smart turds today! Golly really? Chickens come from eggs like this:

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More than likely this is your daughter's baby
 
mrsdszoo said:
If you've never raised Cornish X's for meat, a word of warning -they grow so freakishly fast that it's almost creepy. They just eat and poop -a LOT of poop....more poop than you can imagine. I raised seven of them last spring, and was glad to get to processing day. The are the messiest animals ever! They are like the T-Rex of chickens; always looking to eat, and at 8 weeks old, they stomped around so loudly in the coop -twice the size of my Buff Orpingtons. I think that's why hubby wouldn't eat them -he heard me complaining about how messy they were :/
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So I've read. I have such mixed feelings about this. I don't like GMO anything, including chickens. But, if I were to raise them myself, at least I would know what goes into them. I hear they don't anything like store-bought when you raise them at home. But these are very economical, since they grow so quickly and won't consume as much feed as heritage breeds, which take much longer to mature.

For those of you who use non-broiler, dual-purpose breeds, at what age do you typically harvest them for meat?
 

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