Are Brahmas (sp??) meat birds?

[oshun55555]

I hear that a brahma dorking cross make for a good table bird, has anyone tried that cross for meat?

 

[LilyD]

I hear that a brahma dorking cross make for a good table bird, has anyone tried that cross for meat?

I have the dorkings and will be doing the cross with my light brahmas this summer so I will be able to let you know how it goes. I heard that between the dorkings and the brahmas the babies experience a type of hybrid vigor and actually end up more meatie than either of the parents. We shall see. Right now I am collecting pure eggs from my SG dorkings once I have enough for a good hatch from them I will be letting them free range and collecting eggs from both the brahmas and the dorkings, so they might be pure they might be mixed. Hopefully either way we will get some good babies.

 

[oshun55555]

This summer I plan on crossing a Dorking Cock over my Light Brahma hens, I will keep you posted on my results as well

 

[NestingHillsSC]

I'm also interested to see how these hatchery Brahmas will do as far as size for meaty's. I got them at TSC a few weeks ago. Wanted and probably still will get breeders birds but have heritage reds and Delawares coming in the next month or so. So have to put the Brahmas off for a few months.

I tried one of my 11 month old production reds. Was not impressed with her. They look big but all feathers. Very boney bird once dressed. But I do have them for eggs which they are great at.

 

[Adair Homesteader]

I seen my very first Brahmas today and OMG, they are HUGE birds. These guy (all roosters) were on 5 months old and they were huge!!! They made my six month old barnyard mix EE x leg horn x ??? look like pee ants.

A guy I know was selling them at a church yard sale for $5.00 each and sold all five of them, so I am sure someone got a really good deal, but are they cosidered a meat bird? I would think as big as they are. Just wondering?

Any idea what weight they were when you sold them?

 

[drink88]

"I disagree the Cornish Rock is not better at feed conversion. The reason I can say that is that if you keep track of the amount that a CornishX eats in 8 weeks and how much a Brahma eats in 6 months you will find that they still go through the same amount of food."

LilyD....you don't have to worry about offending ME. I am very thick skinned!!! Now keeping in mind that I raise a lot of breeds also including X-rocks and extremely large Brahma show birds. Look at what you said above. The CRX and the Brahmas eat the same amount of food. The CRX finish in 8 weeks and the Brahmas in 6 months. There it is!!! CRX win!!! I can raise THREE SETS of CRX in the time it takes to raise one set of Brahma. Plus, I have eaten both and the CRX just have it hands down in the carcass grading.

You have to take into account the time value of money and the cost of facilities being tied up for half a year. I don't know if I am convincing you or not but the simple truth is that a Brahma cannot be as efficient as a CRX until it makes the same meat in the same time frame using the same raw materials and overhead.

Now who loves CRX?

Have you, or do you know of anyone, that breeds CRX? If you wanted to create an enclosed system for meat birds, and CRX are the best, how would you go about doing that? Most people say that you can't, as they get too big, have issues, etc. Although I have seen one lady that had them in a chicken tractor and free ranging, that didn't have issues, as they weren't as big because they were spending energy foraging...but curious your take. Again, idea would be to have meat birds, and continue making more yourself, instead of buying every year...as at some point, that source might go away.

 

[Acre4Me]

Have you, or do you know of anyone, that breeds CRX? If you wanted to create an enclosed system for meat birds, and CRX are the best, how would you go about doing that? Most people say that you can't, as they get too big, have issues, etc. Although I have seen one lady that had them in a chicken tractor and free ranging, that didn't have issues, as they weren't as big because they were spending energy foraging...but curious your take. Again, idea would be to have meat birds, and continue making more yourself, instead of buying every year...as at some point, that source might go away.

This poster is unlikely to reply bc they haven’t been active for 10 years. Maybe make a new thread for your question.