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Frank,
That cross was made with different birds than we generally have access to now. With the greater emphasis by hatcheries to have "Dual Purpose" birds with the single objective of producing brown eggs we have lost the meatiness and growth characteristics that made the NH and Delaware birds passabel meat birds over 50 years ago.
With the high price of feed I suggest you use the bird that will most efficiently convert feed to meat, that bird is the Commercial Broiler sold by most every hatchery in the US.
Jim
1st; Frank is the guy I quoted, my name's Mitch.
2nd; Its really too bad that happened to these great breeds. But there are breeders of them again and they're trying to get them back to the point where homesteaders will be able to use them the way they were uses back 50 - 60 years ago. When they get there (Rocks & Buckeyes are there now) will they be considered "passable meat birds?" To most, no, but I am happy with getting a healthier bird (that I shouldn't lose 20 out of 25 chicks) that both lays & produces a good sized carcass.
Quote:
Frank,
That cross was made with different birds than we generally have access to now. With the greater emphasis by hatcheries to have "Dual Purpose" birds with the single objective of producing brown eggs we have lost the meatiness and growth characteristics that made the NH and Delaware birds passabel meat birds over 50 years ago.
With the high price of feed I suggest you use the bird that will most efficiently convert feed to meat, that bird is the Commercial Broiler sold by most every hatchery in the US.
Jim
1st; Frank is the guy I quoted, my name's Mitch.
2nd; Its really too bad that happened to these great breeds. But there are breeders of them again and they're trying to get them back to the point where homesteaders will be able to use them the way they were uses back 50 - 60 years ago. When they get there (Rocks & Buckeyes are there now) will they be considered "passable meat birds?" To most, no, but I am happy with getting a healthier bird (that I shouldn't lose 20 out of 25 chicks) that both lays & produces a good sized carcass.
With the high price of feed I suggest you use the bird that will most efficiently convert feed to meat, that bird is the Commercial Broiler sold by most every hatchery in the US.
We've tried them, and we had bad years, and some decent. But, I've just come to prefer true-to-type birds that produce.
Mitch
We've tried them, and we had bad years, and some decent. But, I've just come to prefer true-to-type birds that produce.
Mitch