Best Meat Bird other than Cx at my Hatchery

[Mikedero]

Barred Rocks get big fast and they taste great LOL

 

[debir1966]

I will be getting my chickies in a couple weeks and we are going to raise them on unmedicated 20% protein non-GMO meat builder for all the chicks (layers, meaties and turkeys) as recommended by a family run grain mill who raise their own as well with wonderful results.

 

[Nimblefreckle]

which one is the wyandotte?

 

[LiveVintage]

In the same boat. Trying to decide what to get for meat birds. Planning on cockerels but just don't know.

 

[mstricer]

If you set up your CX area right they will free range. I have a tractor mine sleep in, when tjwy are young I leave rhem in it with water and feed, i take the feed away at night, after a few days I leave water in the tractor and move the food outside the tractor, a few days later I move it further until it is between 50 and 75 feet away from the tractor. I put a 5 gallon water with the feed and a 3 gallon in the tractor. Don't get me wrong they don't free range like a normal bird, but they get more exercise then most CX's without out the rooster problems, if you have hens free ranging you cant let 50 roosters running around. Just how I do it

 

[enel 1]

I think you will be disappointed with any hatchery bird you want as meat birds unless they are
the broiler chicks. All other hatchery birds are bred for egg laying and not for size. If they have the colored range broilers then try those. Or try and find a breeder of a dual purpose breed and see if you can get their culls