Anyone ever outcross Cornish X with heritage Birds?

[Egg Snatcher]

I will be going with that slower growing strain of the jumbo variation. In the Netherlands growing your own meat birds is not really a thing. So we can't just buy rangers, I don't even think we have those here at all. We do have heritage breeds that are equivalent to new hampsires and delawares in terms of meat. But I don't like those and since I will be outbreeding the amount of meat would take a hit. Ofcourse now the problem lies in keeping the CX alive long enough to lay eggs.

When I had my Cornish cross I never put them on a diet. My hen lived with my bantams and had access to layer crumble all day. My hens layed closer to a year old and preferred to lay in a nesting box over the ground.

 

[lpatelski]

Hello, anyone ever crossbreed Cornish X with heritage chickens? What were the results of the offspring? Does it make a difference if the Cornish X was the father or mother? How did the offspring do long-term? Decent meat and egg laying? I'm considering using a Cornish X to improve my flock's meat qualities. I know that Cornish X and they require careful feeding schedules to make it to breeding age and still be somewhat healthy. I'm aware that Cornish X don't breed true and that they're a result of crossing 4 different lines. If you have pictures of Cornish X x Heritage birds I would love to see them. Thank you!

I Used Dark Cornish heritage birds over CX.

 

[Molpet]

I Used Dark Cornish heritage birds over CX.

Hard to find standard Cornish. I got shipping eggs before covid 3 times and the PO does a number on them. I got one to hatch. I used him on every hen I could.

Middle is a jake turkey