Does anyone have a strain of Orpingtons that are truely dual purpose

[punky rooster]

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Yes, live weight. I just stand on the scale, write down my weight then i hold the bird and get on the scale and write it down again, there are other ways too.

 

[sabrinawailes]

my boyfriend and i purchased some cornish hens from a co-op... and let me tell you, they are huge compared to the other chickens we got at the same time. they are 3 times the size of the sussex chicks. i was very impressed bc it did say that they were fast growers but i didnt expect this..i am hoping to get a rooster in the mix and i think these will be our main meat birds, besides the road island reds

 

[punky rooster]

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The problem is, you can't breed them. They get to big so the males can't mount the females and even if he did, it could be too much for the hen to handle.

Not to mention, they don't lay many eggs.
CornishX right?

 

[sabrinawailes]

blahhh.. u just busted my meat bird bubble..lol i guess we will stick to the road island reds as they are looking pretty tasty

 

[wekiva bird]

Mine dressed out 5lb at 19 weeks

and he was the smallest one of the males. They came from greenfamily farm byc member .

 

[PatS]

wekiva bird, are you talking about BOs?

 

[rarely bored]

Thanks for starting this thread -- I'm thinking this is the exact direction I want to go in.

 

[punky rooster]

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Gabbard farms, if I'm not mistaken has for the most part hatchery type birds... (I think)

wekiva bird wrote:
Mine dressed out 5lb at 19 weeks and he was the smallest one of the males. They came from greenfamily farm byc member .

That is a good example. I know they have auctions up every once on a while.​

 

[bigredfeather]

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Gabbard farms, if I'm not mistaken has for the most part hatchery type birds... (I think)

If her stock is hatchery, it's the best hatchery stock I have seen. Like I said, I did have some hatchery BO's, and they were much smaller than Gabbard's.

 

[EweSheep]

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Gabbard farms, if I'm not mistaken has for the most part hatchery type birds... (I think)

wekiva bird wrote:
Mine dressed out 5lb at 19 weeks and he was the smallest one of the males. They came from greenfamily farm byc member .

That is a good example. I know they have auctions up every once on a while.​

2x-Gabbard