cornish cross

Hello my dad has a about 5 Cornish Cross that are about 5 weeks old and one of them can’t walk. Some of them are also bald on their underbelly. He told me they are just meat birds and are meant for just that and basically they’re just genetically doomed and can’t live too long. Is that true? One...

Hey guys!! We have our first batch of Cornish cross chicks growing. They’re 3 weeks 6 days old today. We’ve had them in our garage floor with cardboard and shavings down in a puppy pen with brooder plates for a couple weeks now, and today I shut them off at noon to acclimate them to daytime...

Look at how she stands 😭❤️ Is there a reason why some Cornish cross chickens are not as meaty and fat as the others that are her same age, she is 15 weeks right now. She is the cutest little thing, it's like she's growing like a normal chicken or something. I may be wrong.

I'm gonna be butchering these sweethearts within the next couple days. I'm trying to prepare myself again, for the big day after so many lovely days of spending time with these friendly and fun little birds. The Cornish Cross has always been my favorite. They are almost like the golden retriever...

When raising meat birds, what dressed weight do you shoot for? Last time, our CX birds were 6.5-8.5 lbs. dressed, and they were pretty huge. Not complaining but I'm not sure if I need THAT huge. However, I also don't want to process too early and have scrawny chicken pieces (thighs, breasts...

Does anyone have a source for Cornish Cross hatching eggs? We’ve been providing eggs to our local school to hatch and then raising them for meat. We’ve bought from Hoover Hatchery in the past but they aren’t able to supply them this year.

I'm raising my first batch of 24 Cornish Cross and even though I did the research I was surprised by how food aggressive they are. Mine are coming up on 2 weeks old, so have one more week at least of garage raising then out to the open air covered run (10'x30'). I've been using a chick feeder...

I'm trying to grow and process some meat chickens for the first time. Would like recommendations for which Cornish Cross strain to purchase, and from where. I've heard that different strains have different qualities. If this goes well, I'll probably do it again. If it goes poorly, I may not...

I got some cute little peepers at the store for eggs, and my husband wants to get into raising some chickens for meat. I also wanted to learn how to raise chickens from incubating eggs, so raising some for meat from eggs seems like a good opportunity to do that on a regular basis. I read...

About two months ago we bought some new baby chicks for pets and from the start I knew we were given the wrong breeds but I didn’t mind because I’d love them no matter what. I’ve just come to realize we were given a Cornish hen, nothing close to what we had wanted and I’m very worried for her...

Hi guys, long time no see. I just wanted to sort of ask a question on something my 4.5 week old Cornish Cross chicks have started doing. Whenever I come into the yard and sit down and watch them play and run around their main area, they all start running over and just sitting close or against...

We're planning out how best to maximize our backyard space for homesteading and what with the laying flock we have already purchased and the size of garden we want, that leaves us with very little space for raising our own meat source which is also important to us. We have either enough space...

We have a small flock of Cornish Cross due to be processed by the end of this month. However when tending to them, we noticed on one of our roosters this skin issue? Maybe? We aren't entirely sure what it could be and Google has come up empty. Thought maybe someone here could help photos...

Just wanted to post some pics of my new coop/run (although these Cornish X's don't run much unless I'm showing up with food). First, a big THANKS to Aart (https://www.backyardchickens.com/members/aart.175197/) for the article on the tractor run using cattle panels. It served as my basis for...

Hi Guys - I live in the Midwest. My Cornish cross broilers are now 2 weeks old. They are quickly outgrowing the brooders that I have them in my basement and I gotta get them outside. Temps are 70's this week with a low of mid 60's at night. They have a Salatin style coop with plastic on 3 sides...

okay so a little back story, my friend works at tractor supply and they just throw the sick chicks in the trash after they die and dont really do anything to help them, so between me and her we take them home and help them the best we can. anyways, today she called me and said she had a 2-4...

Hi guys! My family is on a journey to make our farm sustainable. (Check out Start Farming Now on YouTube to see more!) I have many laying hens of various breeds all of which are super lean despite some of them being "dual purpose" breeds. I'm looking to raise some breeds specifically for meat...

I have 10 Cornish cross chicks (this is my second time raising up Cornish x), they're all about 2 weeks old, and one is nearly completely naked on her back! It's like there's not even an idea of feathers except head, tail, belly, and wings! She's also the smallest of them all. I know they're...

Hi Everyone. We previous searched for others experiences ordering Cornish Cross from Tractor Supply but there did not seem to be much. So we figured we will share our on going experience. We ordered the chicks on Friday 10/8/21. Straight forward online order. Didn't get any updated til...

So I have two Cornish X pullets that have been squatting for 1-2 months now. They haven't laid but my Barred Rock rooster has successfully bred with them many times. I'm wondering if anyone has successfully bred Cornish X because I've read they have bad hatch rates.