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Welcome to BYC. Most of us hatch as many as we can. Keeping the best and eating the rest. I usually harvest cockerels around 16 wks. I keep a couple of the ones that are biggest at that age. Later I will decide who stays. I wait longer for pullets. After they have been laying for awhile I...

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A former byc member did some crossing and was my inspiration. He is no longer on byc or has poultry. People who got eggs didn't keep up with them. But it's good information. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/toads-the-perfect-chicken.994977/...

2016 CX pullet and random FB rooster. 3 cockerels were the result before she quit laying. Breed 2 of those cockerels to hatchery stock barred rock, jersey giant and buff orphington. Those offspring cockerels dressed out at 16 wks at 4 to 7 lbs. But the pullets started dieing at 18 months. So I...