Before there were the Cornish-cross we have come to know as short-lived meat birds there were the true heritage Cornish. These are the slow-growing, long-lived, and naturally breeding Cornish originally produced in Cornwall, England from a combination of Old English Game and Aseel blood. Originally bred as a meat producing fowl with heavy bone, heavy muscle, and tight feather this bird is a standard-bred fowl primarily kept for exhibition in the US. The green sheen on the Dark Cornish adds a veneer of beautiful refinement. Don has raised the Cornish bantams in good numbers for decades, starting with stock from Henry Mager of Ohio, and bringing in genetics from Henry many times over the years. Don handles each bird multiple times as it grows out and only birds that meet Don’s strict selection criteria are made available for sale.
 
We are offering the Cornish in base trios and Elite Trios with a high-end male to accelerate your breeding program – the choice can be made at check out. Base Trios are priced at $300 and Elite Trios are priced at $450. Trios are shipped in two small vented boxes – the male in one box and the females in the other. The cost of shipping and box runs $250 anywhere the USPS delivers in the contiguous US states. We ship Cornish October through April, depending on weather and bird availability. Orders received by close of business Friday we aim to ship the following Monday.