Red cross layers definatly a hybrid they use, great layers. Meat birds are hatchery quality extra roos meyers sells off cheap when you buy quantity. Never know what breeds your getting,they mature much slower than broilers but range well price is right and always get a few oops hens in there to...
Sorry for delay i am at work right now. We have a red cross of some sort we aquire from our local ahmish community for eggs and we are raising some meyer fry pan specials just recently got 100 more they appear to be barred rock and buffs with some partridge marked birds also. Guess we will be...