Talk:Cornish game hen
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Someone please find an expert on game hens. I highly suspect the city of Rock, Cornwall is responsible for both the Rock and Cornish breeds, as well as their crossing. Preferably, ask them to write articles for both :) Scott Ritchie 02:47, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
The first paragraph states that they are immature, but the second says "the result was a small bird...enough for a single serving", which implies that they don't get any bigger. My understanding is that it's the latter, but does anyone actually know? KarlM 00:28, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
...the result was a small bird with all white meat... Huh? I am a fan of cornish game hen, primarily because it has nice dark meat (along with nasty white meat) on it and tastes a bit like turkey. Where the originals all white meat, because the ones now certainly aren't. - MSTCrow 22:51, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
Other knowlegable sites suggest (actually they say it right out) that Tyson was the originator of the cross between the Rock and the Cornish chicken. I wonder which is true? (I guess I need to create an account, huh. I am Dr. Jack in Phoenix 7 Oct 2006, 13:29 local))
Regarding the question of who bred the birds, the San Francisco Chronicle article given in the 'Eternal Links' section of the article mentions an article from the July 1955 Saturday Evening Post which credits the Makowsky's with the 'invetion' of the bird (or at least, the idea to breed it). If someone could view a copy of this article, we might be able to clear up the question of the origin. Interestingly, the Tyson Foods Inc. website doesn't mention anything about John Tyson breeding the original game hens. --LadyIslay (talk) 18:04, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] One-legged Cornish Hens
When we lived in Portland, OR in the eighties, we would frequently encounter one-legged Cornish Hens for sale at various different groceries but no one knew why. On the main page it is mentioned that the US requires these hens to be 2 pounds or less in weight... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mgkrebbs (talk • contribs) 15:20, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
