farmerjan
Super Self-Sufficient
Have raised some cornish. If you go with the bantams, they are not hard to raise and if you use a well balanced male, will breed naturally without much trouble. They do lay less, than dual purpose breeds, and do not make good sitters. But they lay a fair amount of eggs for hatching and eating in the season. I have not found the bantams to excessively mean but have never raised the big ones.
I like my New Hampshires and most "rocks" in any color make a decent dual purpose bird. But for just meat, the cornish rock crosses are what I want and I treat them just the same as the rest of the chickens and they do pretty good, like @JanetMarie said. Not all batches are equal and sometimes you will get a bad batch... But mine liked to go out and scratch around pretty much like everyone else.
I like my New Hampshires and most "rocks" in any color make a decent dual purpose bird. But for just meat, the cornish rock crosses are what I want and I treat them just the same as the rest of the chickens and they do pretty good, like @JanetMarie said. Not all batches are equal and sometimes you will get a bad batch... But mine liked to go out and scratch around pretty much like everyone else.