Best meat bird

[Ladybluearm]

What breed is the best meat bird Thanks

 

[Blue Raptor]

Cornish Cross have been bred to be meat birds, never prepared my own though...

 

[Blue Raptor]

Cornish Cross have been bred to be meat birds, never prepared my own though...

Also called ‘Jumbo Cross,’ and ‘Franken-chickens,’

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Depends on what you're looking for.

Best feed to meat conversion
Sustainability
Length of growing time
Size of white meat compared dark meat
Egg laying ability as well
Availability
Ease of selling extras
Ease of processing

Each of those could very easily be a different breed or multiple breeds

 

[3KillerBs]

The Cornish X is, hands down, the absolute fastest-growing, meatiest, most feed-efficient meat animal ever bred in human history.

They aren't always the best for a given person's environment, preferences, or management style, but if you want plenty of meat fast with the least possible input of feed there is no comparison.

 

[Tre3hugger]

What are your meat goals? How many times a year do you want to process, and how many birds each time? What equipment do you have?

 

[CNJ]

If you going for meat, you can't beat the jumbo cornish cross. If you going for both meat and eggs I would go with white Plymouth Rock hens for eggs and cross them with a dark Cornish rooster for meat and use the bigger off springs to set the meat line. The white Plymouth Rock lay large brown eggs from the get go. Other heritage breeds start out with small eggs and they get bigger when they reach full maturity.