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There are very few breeds i would recommend buying show quality birds if you are keeping them for personal use, but the heritage meat birds don't hold up in quality when bred by a hatchery because they start breeding for egg production so they can sell more chicks, which isn't the point of a...

Here are some pics of my parent stock when I got them. They have nice heart shaped bodies and large breasts and meaty thighs. This is what a 6 month old cockerel looks like as a carcass This is how much meat was on the carcass. This is a full sized dinner plate. The proportion of white meat...

I bought my breeder trio from a show breeder. The rooster was about 9lbs when I bought him at 6 months old. The hens were 6-7lbs. I may ship eggs next year, I was going to this year, but I had a baby back in June. The only things I hatched this year was guineas to sell. I hatched a lot of chicks...

Did you get your darks from a hatchery? There is a big difference between show quality and hatchery quality. Hatcheries don't usually breed them for meat but for egg production. My Darks have MUCH more meat than a DP bird and I'm finding that they are pretty tender through 20 weeks. I'm...