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StardustChicken
Songster
This is Jerrie the Cornish Cross
I never intended to keep her. At barely 1 week she was crushed under a waterer and broke her leg as a result
I ended up taking her home from work. She was a runt that grew slowly. Post recovery she would often perch on my boot as I did my morning chicken chores, just enjoying the ride.
She turned everything I heard about Cornish Cross on its head: she loves foraging and is just as active as the other birds. Only recently did she really "catch up" to a Cornish figure at almost a year old (hatched April 17th, 2023), but make no mistake, her activeness hasn't slowed down one bit. She even started laying eggs (found her stash)!
This winter I had a raccoon that snatched 7 of my birds total. It tried to take Jerrie TWO separate occasions but she was simply too large. The attacks left both of her flanks torn up and she was scalped, but despite it all, she recovered.
Recently she has developed a habit of sleeping in the dog house with the chicken dog. Needless to say, she is a very strange Cornish Cross
I never intended to keep her. At barely 1 week she was crushed under a waterer and broke her leg as a result
I ended up taking her home from work. She was a runt that grew slowly. Post recovery she would often perch on my boot as I did my morning chicken chores, just enjoying the ride.
She turned everything I heard about Cornish Cross on its head: she loves foraging and is just as active as the other birds. Only recently did she really "catch up" to a Cornish figure at almost a year old (hatched April 17th, 2023), but make no mistake, her activeness hasn't slowed down one bit. She even started laying eggs (found her stash)!
This winter I had a raccoon that snatched 7 of my birds total. It tried to take Jerrie TWO separate occasions but she was simply too large. The attacks left both of her flanks torn up and she was scalped, but despite it all, she recovered.
Recently she has developed a habit of sleeping in the dog house with the chicken dog. Needless to say, she is a very strange Cornish Cross
