Heritage breed that has a decent amount of breast meat?

[Molpet]

Also, the freedom rangers from Freedom Ranger Hatchery are not hatched at the same facility as the New Hampshires or Delawares, so an error in shipping is highly unlikely. My shipping box likely never entered a building where tehy hatch freedom rangers.

They don't have Delaware listed today and the NH look like regular not the meat line
I'm wondering if the ai is an issue

 

[Tre3hugger]

They don't have Delaware listed today and the NH look like regular not the meat line
I'm wondering if the ai is an issue

oh wow the website totally changed this year

 

[Tre3hugger]

They don't have Delaware listed today and the NH look like regular not the meat line
I'm wondering if the ai is an issue

after a few minutes of digging online I can't seem to find this specific line of birds anywhere now. bummerrrrrr

 

[Molpet]

after a few minutes of digging online I can't seem to find this specific line of birds anywhere now. bummerrrrrr

Yeah I was hoping to get some,one day not this year. Now I wish I had gotten them last year.

 

[Tre3hugger]

Yeah I was hoping to get some,one day not this year. Now I wish I had gotten them last year.

If/when you are ready, lemme know. I could prob get a dozen eggs to ya.

 

[Molpet]

If/when you are ready, lemme know. I could prob get a dozen eggs to ya.

Thank you
but I have had really bad luck with shipped eggs. 1 out of 36 hatched from 3 shipments and 2 different places. PO does a number on them no matter how well they were packed.

 

[CNJ]

Thank you
but I have had really bad luck with shipped eggs. 1 out of 36 hatched from 3 shipments and 2 different places. PO does a number on them no matter how well they were packed.

I have a lot of experience with mail order eggs. I found that the incubators that can hold the eggs pointy side down have better hatch rates. Also, we are not suppose to turn the eggs in the incubator side to side for at least two days.
However, I also have bad luck with mail order eggs. I remember winning an auction for Standard White Cornish eggs on eBay and it was extremely expensive, in the end none of them hatched. Never again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Molpet]

I have a lot of experience with mail order eggs. I found that the incubators than can hold the eggs pointy side down have better hatch rates. Also, we are not suppose to turn the eggs in the incubator side to side for at least two days.
However, I also have bad luck with mail order eggs. I remember winning an auction for Standard White Cornish eggs on eBay and it was extremely expensive, in the end none of them hatched. Never again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes I didn't turn the eggs for a few days and had them in a carton in the incuview. Mine were standard Cornish too. Some eBay from Louisiana and some from a Byc member in Virginia.
Air cells were detached and eggs scrambled. A few quit right at lockdown.

 

[RiverOtter]

They're not heritage, but Red Sex link males are cheap to free and when I raised a BUNCH of different breeds (got a couple fry-pan specials) those had the 2nd best breast meat ratio.

Actual best? No one wants to hear it, but Leghorns. They were smaller, but fast maturing and had as much breast meat as other breeds that were much bigger, but all leg and bone

 

[HomesteadNowhere]

That is not true... those are pure american NH bred by Henry Noll for over 60 years... He started with an all American line and has selectively bred his line for meat as it was intended.. Henry is or was an awesome breeder, he is an amish farmer and Henry sold his genetics through Moyer's Chicks (the kosher kings and silver cross names). They had a slower growing red bird that came from Henry too.... He also sold genetics to a Canadian company and they called them Mistral Gris... Back in the 80's he was hatching 10,000 plus chicks a week to supply the eastern coast Whole Foods with meat birds.... He retired this year in his 80's due to health and has since sold his stock of Delawares, Rhode Island and New Hampshires off to the FR Hatchery...

That's interesting. I also was wondering about that and they disappeared from the website. It would make sense they wouldn't have his name on them anymore if they aren't coming from him now.
I'd still like to get some. If they bought the flock from him then the sooner I can get chicks, the most closely they are to Henry nolls breeding. The longer the birds have been out of his breeding program the more they might stray from that type.