Even the colored broiler wont eat the same as your layers. For a bird to grow it needs feed. Broilers grow fast hence consume a lot of feed. A 4 lbs bucther weight isn't like a 6 lbs in 8 weeks but will still be putting the feed away to grow that fast. If you search this meat forum with key...
Ideal's red or black broilers are not colored CX, they take longer to grow and are more active as per their advertisment of them. They say 6 weeks for CX and 7 weeks for red or black broilers, that's certainly hopeful thinking. Not many folks butcher as young as 6 weeks on the CX. The 6 lbs must...