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Do you have pictures of that cross?
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okay i get this but do you know how they breed the Cornish crossYou are really asking two questions here:
1) Can you get hatching eggs for Cornish Crosses (broilers)?
Yes. They cost you more than a day old chick, though, so you are not saving anything.
2) Can you rebreed a Cornish Cross and get subsequent generations of Cornish Crosses?
No. Cornish Crosses are hybrids and when you rebreed them, they do not produce more Cornish Crosses. You get random results. Not to mention they eat so much food getting to point-of-lay, it's hard to justify any savings.
okay i get this but do you know how they breed the Cornish cross
hen?
rooster?
i thanks every one so much i have been trying to contact hatcheries asking this question but they all didn't answer me. i'm so happy to fined this thread
Actually, I have successfully bred my CX hens to my CX roo, and gotten great meat birds, that are a little harder then CX's. (go to Cornish rock cross/black australorp thread for more info!)You are really asking two questions here:
1) Can you get hatching eggs for Cornish Crosses (broilers)?
Yes. They cost you more than a day old chick, though, so you are not saving anything.
2) Can you rebreed a Cornish Cross and get subsequent generations of Cornish Crosses?
No. Cornish Crosses are hybrids and when you rebreed them, they do not produce more Cornish Crosses. You get random results. Not to mention they eat so much food getting to point-of-lay, it's hard to justify any savings.
It seems the hen has more influence on the outcome than the rooster.This is a GREAT question that I would Def want to hear more about. I was considering keeping one of the Female Cornish Roasters and trying to breed her with either my White Leghorn Rooster or a White Rock Rooster or my WLR Cornish if he turns out to be a rooster to get some good broad breasted meat birds...Any suggestions???
Truly I say. Truly. Genetics are easy to manipulate if you know what your looking for. Back In the 1920s they didn't have the technology we have today. Being able to eat yourself to the point of crippling obesity is a trait even the human body has accomplished. Just look at Sumo Wrestlers. It's all about what you eat. It boils down to what does your chicken eat. And how much. How often. Sure not all chickens will eat themselves to death but every breed you will eventually find one chicken who just can't get enough. So you pick that one to breed and over feed. Rinse and repeat. By the 3rd or 4th generation of selection you will have what your looking for.The broiler industry maintains Grandparent Flocks, and Parent Flocks - because there's so many traits that are only good when they're heterozygous, and so many that are only good in the parent generation. My understanding is that the dame/granddame lines are actually small thrifty birds that lay a lot of eggs - and are genetic dwarfs. It's taken 50+ years of research and selective breeding to get these birds the way they are - you're not going to be able to unravel them in a couple generations - this is way more complex than what's going on with the pet side.
This may have been the case in 2008, but I get cornish x hatching eggs delivered to Kansas City that have a 90% hatch rate for $1 per egg all included. Day old chicks delivered are $4 to $5. I get them from a big supplier (place that supplies the "tyson" farms), I had to beg them to lower the minimum order but they did and i just go in with a couple other homesteaders and buy the minimum (180 eggs). So this may have been true in '08 but we save $4 per bird hatching our own. Hatching cornish is the only way to go. Went from $14-$15 to raise one to butcher to $9-$10. Across 50+ birds its a huge savings.You are really asking two questions here:
1) Can you get hatching eggs for Cornish Crosses (broilers)?
Yes. They cost you more than a day old chick, though, so you are not saving anything.
2) Can you rebreed a Cornish Cross and get subsequent generations of Cornish Crosses?
No. Cornish Crosses are hybrids and when you rebreed them, they do not produce more Cornish Crosses. You get random results. Not to mention they eat so much food getting to point-of-lay, it's hard to justify any savings.