…used as the female breeding side of the commercial Cornish Broiler Cross chicken. Cackle Hatchery® offers this great dual purpose White Rock chicken for sale and hope you consider adding…
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Should You Vaccinate Your Chickens Against Marek’s Disease?
…Cornish hens and other meat birds, because they will be slaughtered in just a few months. Many of our customers choose to vaccinate laying breeds, however, because they can continue…
Continue Reading12 Reasons for Low Fertility in Chickens and Other Poultry
…Cornish roosters and other heavy-breasted males have trouble mounting hens because of the wide distance between their legs. Such breeds are typically bred through artificial insemination. 7. Breeder Age…
Continue ReadingHow Much Feed Does a Chicken Eat?
…the growth period. Here’s how much you can expect to feed baby chicks: A layer chick eats 20 pounds of feed in the first 20 weeks. A Cornish-cross broiler eats…
Continue ReadingHow to Pluck a Goose
…one can choose Cornish Rock chickens and butcher them in approximately six weeks? Because, if it is butchered before the meat grows tough and roasted to a lovely golden…
Continue ReadingThe Best Time to Order Chicks
…Starting Cornish-cross broilers in spring avoids the stressful heat of summer, since these fast-growing chickens don’t do well in hot weather. They take only 6 to 8 weeks to reach…
Continue ReadingWhy Does a Rooster Have a Comb?
…Ameraucana, Araucana, Aseel, Brahma, Buckeye, Cornish, Cubalaya, Shamo, Sumatra. The rose comb is a wide, flat, low-growing comb covered with small, round bumps. The comb may follow the head’s contour…
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…alternative to fast-growing Cornish chicks or slow-grow heritage breeds. They grow at a moderate rate reaching 5-6 lbs in 9-12 weeks. Because of this they make a great broiler without…
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…to eat. All this at a Special Low Price. We do not guarantee breed choice or give you the choice of breed. No cornish broilers are sent with this offering….
Continue ReadingWhy Can’t Chickens Fly?
…meat have high wing loading rates that make them unable to fly. Among the heaviest breeds, and therefore least capable of flight, are Brahma, Cochin, Cornish, Jersey Giant, and Orpington….
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