Chickens for an asian market

[PurpleChicken]

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Yes, I would expect so. A mouth full of feathers, mostly. Not much left once plucked. But some people use chicken for flavor rather than protein. In that case, if they have a distinctive flavor, it might have a good market.
Truffles come to mind. Not much used in most dishes, but without them, the taste just isn't right.

That's an interesting way to look at it. If I had any silkies right now I'd explore it further. Maybe I'll sneak into AHappyChick's back yard and steal one of her white silkies to test your theory on.

 

[Brunty_Farms]

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If you were going to do this to make any kind of profit you need to get the colored rangers. These are a colored bird and are dressed out in 12 weeks with a good sized birds.

I have dealt with a lot of asian customers and 90% of them want a "red" bird. Young.... but not too young. For instance before the colored rangers or red broilers I would sell live started golden comets (17 weeks). Once you get into an asian clientel you will stay extremely busy and they are very easy to work with. Depending on their descent... you many have to take some classes to better understand their language... always a plus! I've done this with Indian and you would be how surprised they are that you know a little about their language. I just picked up on small words and looked them up on-line. Personally I wanted to know what they said when they talked in another language so I wouldn't be clueless.

Go with the colored rangers this is what this breed was designed for... Cultures that demanded a colored bird that still dressed out at a good weight in a timely manner. Seems like English and Americans are the ones that demand the white colored bird. Most Asians demand a "color" to their birds. Black is a good one too and they do have black broilers on the market as well. For me though... red will sell to anyone including hispanics.

Good luck and definately do your research because if you decide to do this your going to be slammed with orders.

 

[slugmar]

On the red broilers how many bags of feed in 12 weeks did they consume for you all ?

Are they an active bird or are they like the cornish x rocks there just like a rock in the pen ?

do you know if they are heat tolerent ? (can they survive 100+ degerre weather with shade and a mister system)

 

[weaveagarden]

http://www.jmhatchery.com/free-range-broiler/colored-range-chicks/prod_5.html

This is a link that might get you started until you get a response from someone who actually raised them.

 

[PurpleChicken]

There is a difference between red broilers and Colored Range Broilers.

For Rangers I'd say a feed to meat ratio of 4 to 1 in 12 weeks is around average. If you supplement their diets with actual free ranging then you may be able to reduce that number. You can also process them at as early as 6 weeks. They are extremely active, almost the same as a standard Rhode Island Red. Mine did fine during 90 degree days. I'm sure they are just as tolerant as a standard.

 

[nelmsy]

Hey guys I was wondering if you could help me.
From a child I have always wanted to have really really tall chickens what is the tallest breed of chickens.