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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: Floyd on February 26, 2013, 03:15:40 pm
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Can anyone give with me some details on Cornish Indian game.
I am looking at raising them for meat and also crossing them with my Le Breiss Gauloise.
How long Do they take to get to a decent slaughter weight, are they a difficult bird to manage, will they run ok with other breeds especially in a free range environment.
Has anyone had any success crossing this breeds with other.
many thanks any replies are greatly appreciated.
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I have 2 white cornish hens and 2 brown hens who have a cornish cockerel. They all live happily with my other hens of various breeds and l have had no fighting at all. The hens dont bully any of the other hens but wont stand to be bullied themselves. The cockerel will kill any other cocks but we dont have that problem. I have read that the game cocks will usually pick 3 - 4 hens and ignore the rest, well mine has not read that book and will service any hen he can catch and he does a good job. The game takes a while to grow to any size if pure bred, l have found. Last year we had some game x cockerels which grew to a good size in 3 months and some hens which also are a good size. The hens though could have been sussex or speckldy we just randomly put eggs under any broody we had. Going to try game cock with white sussex this year, am told they are a good meat bird. These birds are a delight to own and the cockerel hasn't a nasty bone in his body, really good with his girls. I have found them a very easy breed to have. Good luck you will love them.
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My boy Frank (one of the few to have a name) as a star. Great with the girls- no push over though. Will tolerate other younger boys in with him, and will sort out any fights the start with each other.
Have crossed him with both a light sussex and a bog standard brown hen. The girls took his lacing pattern and are very smart and lay well. The boys were very tasty, but took 4-5 months to reach 2.2kg dressed. Plenty of meat on both crosses. Waiting for my Salmon Faverell to start laying as interested in what that cross looks like.