Good meat bird besides the Cornish X?

[Davaroo]

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There is no best - but there are many really good.

Here are the "Big 5":

Rocks
Reds (Rhode Island/New Hampshire)
Wyandottes
Orpingtons
Brahmas

These have been weighing down the tables of chicken eaters long before we came along. You want a cockerel that reaches a respectable size in 10-12 weeks. Only the larger, dual purpose breeds will do that. There are larger, birds like the Langshan and Jersey Giant. But they are slower to grow out - and the females are more renowned for broodiness than laying eggs.
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Fattening means to confine them for 2 weeks so they cannot run around, and feeding them all they can hold of grain and greens. Feed them nothing for 12 hours prior to slaughter, so as to empty the intestines.

 

[TimG]

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You'd also want to consider Delawares and Buckeyes.

 

[ntiveheart]

poohevans is offering cobb hatching eggs........she swears by 'em and the folks i know that have already hatched some, like 'em too. i have a batch due to hatch in a few days because like you, we strive toward self sufficiency and an animal or bird that can reproduce naturally brings us one step closer to our goal, imho