Cornish Games, also known as Indian Games, are a breed mixed from the Old English Game Fowl and the Aseel from India. Small numbers of them are raised in America as a meat or show bird.

The Cornish Cross was designed as a single-purpose meat bird, and it grows much faster than other chicken breeds. In fact, the Cornish Cross can reach a dressed weight of around 3 to 4 pounds in ...

The breed of chicken is not small, nor anything is does resemble small, I have a small farm with mix breeds of chickens and couple of turkeys, the cornish rooster i have, weighs more then my turkeys ...

Opinions on the best chickens to raise for meat vary greatly, depending on who you ask. There are two primary options: Cornish cross (aka Cornish Rocks) and heritage breeds.

The breed has stout, muscular thighs, a broad and well-rounded breast, and a comb that resembles the Cornish of the early 20th century. It was admitted as a breed in 1904.

In 2011, the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service lowered the age definition for a Cornish hen from 5 to 6 weeks to less than 5 weeks. This final rule takes effect in 2014, said Cathy ...

For meat chickens, the industry’s breed of choice is the Cornish Cross (also known as “Cornish-Rock,” as it is a cross between a Cornish and a white strain of Plymouth Rock). Whitefeathered and stocky ...