Jumbo Cornish Cross Chicken
$4.25
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The Jumbo Cornish Cross Chicken is sometimes nicknamed Cornish Giants because of its rapid growth and weight gain. Before the Cornish Cross era, chickens grew slowly while eating plenty of feed. Their meat was tasty but sparse. The Cornish Cross made broiler production efficient, and today it’s often the most inexpensive meat the grocery store sells. Raise our Jumbo Cornish Cross Chickens and we guarantee you will be delighted with the results.
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| Sex | Straight Run |
|---|---|
| Desired Hatch Week | August 7, 2023, August 14, 2023, August 21, 2023, August 28, 2023, September 11, 2023, September 18, 2023, September 25, 2023 |
The Jumbo Cornish Cross Chicken is sometimes nicknamed Cornish Giants because of its rapid growth and weight gain. This is the bird that changed American eating habits. Before Cornish Cross Broilers were developed, a chicken dinner was a rare treat reserved for special occasions. Before the Cornish Cross era chickens grew slowly while eating plenty of feed. Their meat was tasty but sparse. The Cornish Cross made broiler production efficient, and today it’s often the most inexpensive meat the grocery store sells.
Cornish Cross Broilers require special feeding and care but grow astonishingly fast. These birds can be grown to a live weight of over 6 lbs. by 6 weeks of age! Or, can be managed to a roaster weight of 8-11 lbs. Live weights of 4-5 lbs. can be achieved on close to 2 lbs. of feed per pound of meat. Cornish Cross Broilers are the best choice for a person who wants to quickly produce delicious meat. Cornish Broilers have excellent conformation: plump, tender breast meat and good skin texture. Excellent for Pastured Poultry!
The Jumbo Cornish Cross Chicken has exceptional feed conversion and growth rate. This chicken will produce the best uniformity for processing with lean, tender breast meat. Typically, this bird is processed at 7 weeks, but many farmers choose to process at an earlier age and sell them as Cornish game hens. When customers desire large roasters, this can be accomplished by raising the birds to 10 weeks or older. Due to the tremendous amount of meat that can be economically produced by this bird, many pasture-based farm systems use this chicken.
The Jumbo Cornish Cross is valued for its rapid growth, great feed efficiency, tender meat, and broad breasts. The genetic traits of this bird have been in development and refined over many years to become the broiler breed of choice for commercial growers. These chickens will grow uniformly with minimal difference in weight. This is the standard chicken grown indoors on litter but is also the most common variety for pasture and free-range type systems.
We do not offer Marek’s Vaccination on the Jumbo Cornish Cross in this category.
MATURE WEIGHT: MALE 10# & FEMALE 6#
Quick Stats:
- Poultry Show Class: No Poultry Class at this time
- Weights: Hen—–6 lbs. Rooster——10 lbs. Pullet—5 lbs. Cockerel—-7-8 lbs. 6 Week pullets – 4 1/2 lbs. Cockerel – 6 lbs.
- Purpose and Type: Meat; Production
- Color of Egg Shell: Light Brown
- Egg Production: Poor
- Egg Size: Large
- Temperament: Docile
- Fertility Percentage: 40-55%
- Broody: Non-Setter
- Mating Ratio: 4 Females to 1 Male
- Roost Height: Floor
- Country of Origin: United States
- APA: No
- TLC: Not Listed
Quantity Discount will appear in your cart!
CORNISH CROSS-MEAT BIRD CARE
JUMBO CORNISH CROSS BROILERS are a very unique and remarkable bird. We like to think of it as the BBB – Big Breasted Broiler – it has very broad breasts, large thighs, beautiful white plumage, and yellow skin. Its rapid growth is remarkable, along with great feed efficiency. You can actually see it grow before your eyes. We use the Ross 308 Blood Line/Strain. For more information on the Ross 308 please visit the Aviagen Website. There are special steps to follow when raising the Broilers. In order to avoid bad legs and Heart problems, we recommend the following steps…- Restrict access to feed to 12 hours per day for the first 3 to 4 weeks.
- Be sure the chicks have adequate feeder space so most of the chicks can eat at the same time.
- Limit protein in the feed to 20-22%.
- Limit light to natural day length or 12 hours (whichever is longer).
- Keep chicks warm with good ventilation, but avoid drafts.
- Keep air quality high by keeping ammonia low.
- Do not use a straw for litter – use pine shavings (Not Cedar) or ground corn cobs.
Available February – September!
Orders ship USPS Priority Mail on the day of hatch!
(Minimum 3 Chicks) (Max 200 Chicks)
Mix & Match with Chickens, Ducks, Guineas, Turkeys & Waterfowl!
We are Now taking 2023 Chick orders!
We are not shipping to Alaska or Hawaii until further notice!
How to order Online
Add the desired Breeds, Sex, and Quantities to your cart.
If you order multiple breeds, make sure they all have the same desired Hatch Week to ensure your order can be processed correctly.
PLEASE NOTE: Availability is updated weekly and does NOT represent a guaranteed ship date.
Please be advised that there may be occasions when we are not able to fulfill your order on the requested Hatch week. While we do our best to facilitate your request, there are uncontrollable variables that may cause it to become unavailable and you will be notified if this happens. We appreciate your understanding.
Due to our new paperless inventory system, once an order is placed you will not be able to make any partial cancels, however you will be able to add on. Because of system limitations there will be NO EXCEPTIONS made on this rule.
Please be sure of what you want to order before ordering it.
When you have built your entire order click on the cart to “checkout”
Please enter all required information on the Checkout Page.
PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO READ OUR TERMS & CONDITIONS! DON’T JUST CHECK THE BOX THAT STATES YOU AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS REQUIRED BEFORE YOU PAY FOR YOUR ORDER!
Please Indicate a Desired Hatch Week and an Alternate Hatch Week.
We will send you a confirmation email within 48 hours of receiving your order with a copy of your Invoice and the Confirmed Hatch/Ship Date which may not be the Desired/Alternate Hatch Date depending on Availability.
If multiple Breeds and types of Fowl are selected, we will need to find a common Hatch Date for all Breeds to ship together and we will do our best to ship your order out on the confirmed date.
All poultry are shipped USPS Priority Mail on the day of hatch!
We have a 24-hour Guarantee on all live poultry orders from the time your order is picked up from the Post Office!
Pickups: We run Strict Bio-Security Measures and do not allow Local Pick Ups, but we would gladly ship your chicks directly to your local post office.
We are part of a nationwide network of Bird Shippers that offer a wide variety of poultry that are shipped directly to you by us from one of our partner shipping points.
Our Corporate office is Located in Owosso, MI. We do not hatch at our Corporate Office.
All poultry are guaranteed to be delivered alive and in good condition on every order and even though not all poultry will be shipped direct from our hatchery, you will receive poultry of the highest quality.
We are not shipping to Alaska or Hawaii!
*We ship Chicks the same day they hatch*
For safe handling and delivery of your birds, The Chick Hatchery has minimum order requirements.
These minimums help the birds stay warm and prevent them from shifting around during shipping.
Due to our new paperless inventory system, once an order is placed you will not be able to make any partial cancels, however you will be able to add on. Because of system limitations there will be NO EXCEPTIONS made on this rule. Please be sure of what you want to order before ordering it.
We now ship as few as 3 total Poultry.
Each type of Fowl has Minimum Order Requirements!
*Chickens, Guineas, Turkeys, Waterfowl*
Chickens, Bantams, Guinea Keets, Turkeys & Waterfowl can be mixed & matched.
SHIPPING COSTS
How to calculate shipping costs for orders of less than 15 chicks:
Orders of 3 -14 Birds have a $20.00 shipping cost. All orders with less than 15 total birds will incur a $25.00 small order fee.
How to calculate shipping costs for orders of 15 or more chicks:
Step 1: $25.00 flat fee. + Step 2: 15+ birds x $0.30 per bird charge. Example: $25.00 + 15 birds x $0.30 ($4.50) = $29.50 shipping cost.
Order Minimums
Chickens Minimum: 3 Females or 3 Straight Run or 1 Male
Bantams Minimum: 3 Straight Run
Guinea Keets Minimum: 5 Straight Run
Turkey Minimum: 3 Straight Run
Ducks: 1 Female or 1 Straight Run or 1 Male
Geese: 1 Straight Run
Chickens, Bantams, Guinea Keets, Turkeys & Waterfowl can be mixed & matched to meet our Minimum Order Requirements.
100% Live Arrival Guaranteed!
Safe & Timely Live Arrival Guarantee
We know that you take great care in selecting the breeds for your flock when placing your order with us, so we do everything possible to ensure you receive a safe and timely delivery of healthy, happy chicks.
We offer a 100% Live Arrival Guarantee on all poultry from The Chick Hatchery. We guarantee that your shipment will arrive safe and in a timely manner insuring you will receive a full count of live, healthy poultry that you ordered and paid for. Poultry is sent via priority Live Shipping through the USPS on the day of hatch and is received in 1-3 days. We put a lot of care into making sure that your order is filled correctly and that it is prepared for shipment according to the weather. Poultry Breeds and sexes will be mixed to ensure that your chicks arrive to you in optimum condition. Generally, we try to add extra chicks of the same breed/sex ordered when available to help fulfill this guarantee so be sure to count your live chicks when they arrive. We do not guarantee that every order will receive extra chicks.
You must pick up your chicks at the post office upon arrival. Our Guarantee is void for any live parcels not picked up within eight hours of arriving at your local Post Office or if you request delivery from the USPS to your physical shipping address.
We recommend you open your shipping box as soon as you receive it and inspect your poultry. If there is a loss during transit, we must be notified within twelve hours from the time the shipment was received by submitting a loss claim through our Loss Reporting Form. If you receive fewer live chicks than you paid for, we will issue a refund of the chick purchase price which is missing or was dead on arrival. In the rare case a total loss occurs, a one-time reshipment can be made for no additional fee. Re-shipments are subject to availability and minimum shipping requirements. It is important to note for partial losses, the price of poultry lost will be refunded – we are unable to make partial reshipments. For all orders, our Guarantee only covers the cost of poultry. Vaccinations and shipping costs are considered services and are not refundable.
We are unable to refund or replace poultry once they arrive safely and in a timely manner. Our replacement or refund policy is only for unsafe or unusually long shipping risks that the USPS causes and must be reported immediately. Buying live poultry has potential risks of successfully raising them and the buyer understands these risks. Sometimes things go wrong with no real reason that can be determined even when care instructions are followed.
All Chicks from The Chick Hatchery LLC are hatched from NPIP Certified Flocks and carry minimum classifications of Avian Influenza Clean as well as Pullorum Typhoid Clean to improve the industry. You can always depend on high-quality, healthy chicks from The Chick Hatchery!
Quality Guarantee
Our hatchery guarantees you will receive the correct breed of poultry you ordered and paid for. All poultry offered by The Chick Hatchery is guaranteed to be the breed standard, variety, grade, and quality as represented. We do not guarantee any poultry to be of show quality although you may receive poultry that could possibly be shown. We follow approved methods of flock control and egg selection and have established sanitary and disease control standards in our operation. Our breeder flocks are large; therefore, it is not likely to receive related poultry. We cannot guarantee poultry to be free from any disease that could not be discovered when hatched. Marek’s vaccinations are available for purchase as a precautionary measure, and we will not be held responsible if your chicks test positive after a safe and timely delivery.
All Chicks from The Chick Hatchery LLC are hatched from NPIP Certified Flocks and carry minimum classifications of Avian Influenza Clean as well as Pullorum Typhoid Clean to improve the industry. You can always depend on high-quality, healthy chicks from The Chick Hatchery!
Sexing Guarantee
We offer a 90% Pullet (Female) Sexing Guarantee for poultry ordered from The Chick Hatchery. For errors resulting greater than guaranteed, we will refund the difference between the female and male price. Sexing errors can be reported when birds reach 10 weeks of age and no later than 12 weeks after the hatch date. Photos are required as proof when reporting a sexing error. Straight Run chicks mean chicks were not sexed and there is no sexing guarantee on percentages of males or females for Straight Run orders. We do not offer sexing on all the breeds we sell, for these breeds it is either too hard on them or because the professional sexers’ accuracy is not good enough and would cause customer dissatisfaction. At no time will The Chick Hatchery credit an amount exceeding the original purchase price.
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The Jumbo Cornish Cross Chicken is sometimes nicknamed Cornish Giants because of its rapid growth and weight gain. This is the bird that changed American eating habits. Before Cornish Cross Broilers were developed, a chicken dinner was a rare treat reserved for special occasions. Before the Cornish Cross era chickens grew slowly while eating plenty of feed. Their meat was tasty but sparse. The Cornish Cross made broiler production efficient, and today it’s often the most inexpensive meat the grocery store sells.
Cornish Cross Broilers require special feeding and care but grow astonishingly fast. These birds can be grown to a live weight of over 6 lbs. by 6 weeks of age! Or, can be managed to a roaster weight of 8-11 lbs. Live weights of 4-5 lbs. can be achieved on close to 2 lbs. of feed per pound of meat. Cornish Cross Broilers are the best choice for a person who wants to quickly produce delicious meat. Cornish Broilers have excellent conformation: plump, tender breast meat and good skin texture. Excellent for Pastured Poultry!
The Jumbo Cornish Cross Chicken has exceptional feed conversion and growth rate. This chicken will produce the best uniformity for processing with lean, tender breast meat. Typically, this bird is processed at 7 weeks, but many farmers choose to process at an earlier age and sell them as Cornish game hens. When customers desire large roasters, this can be accomplished by raising the birds to 10 weeks or older. Due to the tremendous amount of meat that can be economically produced by this bird, many pasture-based farm systems use this chicken.
The Jumbo Cornish Cross is valued for its rapid growth, great feed efficiency, tender meat, and broad breasts. The genetic traits of this bird have been in development and refined over many years to become the broiler breed of choice for commercial growers. These chickens will grow uniformly with minimal difference in weight. This is the standard chicken grown indoors on litter but is also the most common variety for pasture and free-range type systems.
We do not offer Marek’s Vaccination on the Jumbo Cornish Cross in this category.
MATURE WEIGHT: MALE 10# & FEMALE 6#
Quick Stats:
- Poultry Show Class: No Poultry Class at this time
- Weights: Hen—–6 lbs.
Rooster——10 lbs.
Pullet—5 lbs.
Cockerel—-7-8 lbs.
6 Week pullets – 4 1/2 lbs. Cockerel – 6 lbs. - Purpose and Type: Meat; Production
- Color of Egg Shell: Light Brown
- Egg Production: Poor
- Egg Size: Large
- Temperament: Docile
- Fertility Percentage: 40-55%
- Broody: Non-Setter
- Mating Ratio: 4 Females to 1 Male
- Roost Height: Floor
- Country of Origin: United States
- APA: No
- TLC: Not Listed
Quantity Discount will appear in your cart!
CORNISH CROSS-MEAT BIRD CARE
JUMBO CORNISH CROSS BROILERS are a very unique and remarkable bird. We like to think of it as the BBB – Big Breasted Broiler – it has very broad breasts, large thighs, beautiful white plumage, and yellow skin. Its rapid growth is remarkable, along with great feed efficiency. You can actually see it grow before your eyes. We use the Ross 308 Blood Line/Strain. For more information on the Ross 308 please visit the Aviagen Website.
There are special steps to follow when raising the Broilers. In order to avoid bad legs and Heart problems, we recommend the following steps…
- Restrict access to feed to 12 hours per day for the first 3 to 4 weeks.
- Be sure the chicks have adequate feeder space so most of the chicks can eat at the same time.
- Limit protein in the feed to 20-22%.
- Limit light to natural day length or 12 hours (whichever is longer).
- Keep chicks warm with good ventilation, but avoid drafts.
- Keep air quality high by keeping ammonia low.
- Do not use a straw for litter – use pine shavings (Not Cedar) or ground corn cobs.
Cornish Game Hen is a Cornish Cross Broiler Female that is butchered at three weeks of age when it reaches a weight of 2.5-3 lbs.
Available February – September!
Orders ship USPS Priority Mail on the day of hatch!
(Minimum 3 Chicks) (Max 200 Chicks)
Mix & Match with Chickens, Ducks, Guineas, Turkeys & Waterfowl!
| Sex | Straight Run |
|---|---|
| Desired Hatch Week | August 7, 2023, August 14, 2023, August 21, 2023, August 28, 2023, September 11, 2023, September 18, 2023, September 25, 2023 |
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