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  1. Poultry Snob

    Ross Cobs as meat birds

    I estimate that over half of the information offered as facts by dancingbear regarding the propgation of meat chickens is is incorrect. This is even after she has recanted somw of her opinions in the face of unemotional facts. There are other sources of information available and I encourage you...
  2. Poultry Snob

    Ross Cobs as meat birds

    I checked out the links you provided, and I see that the industrial strains of chicken are not the same as those available to the home poultry market. Sure they are. Virtually all of the chickens sold as Cornish X whatever come from eggs produced at CWT Farms in Georgia...
  3. Poultry Snob

    Ross Cobs as meat birds

    Quote: I eat what is on the plate. LOL At home the grandsons and I raise 25 broilers/ roasters a year for 4-H projects and the freezer. Since I know the right people we generally get Ross male line breeder cockerels generally not available to the public. Real Cornish are exhibition birds...
  4. Poultry Snob

    Ross Cobs as meat birds

    "Ross" refers to a line of meat chicken parent stock developed in America. For many years the "Ross male" was one of the best recognized male lines to use in the terminal cross for meat birds. The Ross brand is now owned by the Aviagen Company of Germany. "Cobb" is the genetic line owned by...
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