Ok..my question is what chickens do you cross for meat chickens? I know its like a Cornish cross of some sort but what I'm wanting to do is if SHTF and At woods isn't open anymore to buy meat chicks at what's needed to breed meat chicks?
They're kinda like cattle. Heavy egg layers are usually slimmer (as are heavy milkers), and meat varieties are stockier (as are beef production breeds).Hmmm didnt know there was such a thing as a pacfic meat bird we always ate the male bids that hatched off before we started on the older birds to make room for the younger ones and didnt matter what breed they were
Chicken genetics are kept almost top secret. I've tried to find the genetic make up of these birds and come up empty handed. They are a Cornish cross of sorts but not the same line as what's typically available in stores. They are called slo grow broilers, There's a few hatcheries that carry them and some will list them as Rangers of some sort. They are a heavy bird, thick legs, some curled toes and not a big forager. But they do get around and are not the slugs of the Cornish X. I suspect the hens do 150-200+ eggs and BIG eggs, can't shut the carton eggs. And when their double yolkers their near football size lol. Your statement and question was also mine and I'm quite pleased with the decision we made.Ok..my question is what chickens do you cross for meat chickens? I know its like a Cornish cross of some sort but what I'm wanting to do is if SHTF and At woods isn't open anymore to buy meat chicks at what's needed to breed meat chicks?
Enter your email address to join: