yuck meaties

[Brunty_Farms]

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You reffer to them as monsters....

They are chickens unlike any other I do admitt... but they are chickens LOL. Here is a pic of our 2 week old broilers just put out on pasture.

 

[AHappychick]

wow your 2 week olds look better than mine! I am going to give them a tractor soon I am still building it.


as for some pics of mine

Here you go Brelansmama notice the fat red bottoms (I hope this is normal) and the thick tree stump legs lol They re cute sort of in that ugly sort of way I guess. It is the fact that they seem so unnatural I guess that gets me, it is so obvious that they have been genetically engineered.

 

[Brelansmama]

Aaaww, poor strange looking little things!
Thanks for the photos!

I never said they were 'monsters' just creatures, like any other living thing

We are all creatures of some sort

I have 3 week old GLW's and 2 week old BO's and the ones pictured here look VERY different from my egg layers!
Thanks again for the pics, now I know what you all are talking about!

 

[Bossroo]

The Cornish X ... DEFINATELY were NOT genetically engineered... just over SIXTY YEARS of selective breeding by scientists at huge private corporations that raise chickens as well as scientists at Universities on projects meant to improve meat production in chickens. This occured decades BEFORE genetic engineering technology was even possible. Enjoy what man selected for the best of the best of the natural selection of MOTHER NATURE !!!

 

[Hens_And_Chicks]

I am really offended by those of you who continually bash the meat birds and their smell. Why not just forego raising meatbirds completely and head off to the poultry section at the grocery store where you can buy your chicken "ready to fry"?

I happen to love my meatbird Cornish X birds - am very thankful they are easy to raise and only take 6-8 weeks to fill my freezer.

I have not been to the meat section in the grocery store for a very long time.

 

[FrenchHen]

This is my first time with them. My family farmed two generations ago, and we've got it in our blood, but not our growing up experience.

I had layers and did well with them (not one chick died in my care), but I had no idea that meat birds were as uniquely scented as they are.

I'm learning as I go, and I've learned that I'll wait until April to brood them, and I'll brood them outside from now on.

 

[Hens_And_Chicks]

Actually - I'm about ready to go and get about 6-8 meaties so I can have them processed just before I leave on vacation to Florida - then my freezer is full for the summer - time to get the grill ready... yum!

 

[Miltonchix]

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Offended? Facts is facts. They STINK! they are MESSY! they are STUPID! but they are worth every bit of the inconvenience (?). I read about them here before jumping in and am getting my second batch in Aug. The meat is like no other chicken. I just buthered another 6 "heavies" and after 16 weeks got 1/4 of the meat I would have gotten from meaties in 8 weeks.
My wife says they remind her of Baby Huey from some cartoon from years ago.

 

[AHappychick]

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ok lets say "playing with nature" then cause these things did not appear on thir own. By the way people were doing very strange forms of messing with genetics in world War II I believe so it has been around a lot longer than you think, just we have been perfecting it in the last 30 years or so.

Again I am not really complaining just making my own comments I am not looking to offend anyone who love meaties, think they smell like roses or whatever. I think those that have kept them as pets are cool and far more patient than I, but back to my original thought procedss wich is that they are weird! and smelly

 

[jaku]

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ok lets say "playing with nature" then cause these things did not appear on thir own. By the way people were doing very strange forms of messing with genetics in world War II I believe so it has been around a lot longer than you think, just we have been perfecting it in the last 30 years or so.

Again I am not really complaining just making my own comments I am not looking to offend anyone who love meaties, think they smell like roses or whatever. I think those that have kept them as pets are cool and far more patient than I, but back to my original thought procedss wich is that they are weird! and smelly

But selective breeding isn't really messing with genetics. It's not like they let radioactive spiders bite them or anything. Almost every fruit or vegetable you eat is has been "genetically altered" by those standards.