I agree that factory farming is awful, but cornish X are not a genetic mistake, they are a genetic marvel! Home raised CX are not sad if you give them a good, albeit short, life. You'd have to raise and kill 3 times as many dual purpose birds to match the CX.Depends. I believe cornish chickens make me sad, they can barely walk and I don’t know, make me sad. I don’t really like turkey meat, but I’d rather grow happy birds than a genetically mistake.
That’s the main reason one grows meat on one’s own. Because meat and chicken industries are brutal.