Hettick, IL
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Varieties
- Purpose
- meat
- Egg color
- tinted
- Eggs / year
- ~100
- Hen weight
- ~8 lbs
- Cold hardy
- No
- Heat tolerant
- Yes
- Temperament
- confident, can be assertive
- Forages
- fair
- Broodiness
- moderate
- APA class
- English
- NPIP stock code
- R1035
- Origin
- England (Cornwall)
Breed guide
Cornish
Also known as: Indian Game, Dark Cornish
Heavily muscled English breed developed from Asian game stock, with a wide breast, pea comb, and tight, hard feathering. Nearly every modern broiler traces its male line back to Cornish. Hens lay poorly. The carcass is outstanding.
Keeper's notes
That tight feathering insulates less than it looks like it should, so keep housing draft-free in a cold snap. Wide-set legs make high roosts risky. Keep the perches low.
From the 1910 Standard of Perfection
Class: Oriental
Standard weights: cock 9 lbs, hen 7 lbs, cockerel 8 lbs, pullet 6 lbs
“The carriage is upright, the shoulders being carried high and the stern low.”
Disqualifications: Dark variety: combs other than pea or irregular pea; solid white, blue or black shanks.
APA recognized varieties
English · American Standard of Perfection, 2010 list
Dark 1893White 1898White Laced Red 1909Buff 1938
Cornish listings
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Where to find Cornish
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Regional breeders with this breed on file (20)
Pittsburg, IL
Thompsonville, IL
Jacob, IL
Odin, IL
Waterloo, IL
Chrisman, IL
Earlville, IL
South Vine Urbana, IL
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Regional hatcheries that carry it (2)
West North Peotone, IL
Polk, OH
Sourced from NPIP state directories, matched by the stock codes each participant registers. A flock may keep breeds beyond what it registers, so this list runs conservative.
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