Home-grown Meatbird ideas.....

[greyfields]

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I've had that one and it's considered one of the best eating birds you can make.

 

[dangerouschicken]

... one of the best eating birds you can make.

said Dr. Evil


Mwaaahahahahahahahaha!​

 

[greyfields]

Allow myself to introduce... myself......

 

[AtRendeAcres]

I am going to try cornish & Salmon Faverolle!

I read they SF lays like a BR & was the French table bird of choice.

I have Brahma-Salmon Faverolle-Barred Rock brooding (3 weeks) the SF is 3 x the size of the others!

cockerel seems to be growing faster than my cornish on broiler feed!

Joanne

 

[tnchickenman]

I'll tell you a cross that isn't that great atleast not in my experience.
Buff cochin rooster X americana Lots and lots of black and buff feathers and not so much meat. It does grow faster than the pure buff cochin roosters though. I read in Carol Ekarius's "Poultry Breeds" book that cochins are "respectable meat birds for small barnyard/backyard operations". My experience, which is somewhat limited in meat birds, tells me there isn't much meat on the birds I raised from McMurry. Is it just my birds are are cochins short on meat and eggs and just big on feathers?

 

[dangerouschicken]

The tastiest straight up roos we have eaten are Cuckoo Marans and Speckled Sussex. I don't know why, but they were very flavorful, and even though they don't "plump up" like traditional meat birds, they are still quite large and satisfying. You just have to wait a little longer to enjoy them

 

[ninjapoodles]

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I will now be saying "straight up roos" for the rest of my life.

We'll have some straight up roos to butcher this winter, for sure. I'm totally unconcerned about the "traditional appearance" or not of the dressed carcass--I don't think I've ever even served a whole-roasted bird at the table, instead always opting to carve in the kitchen when I roast a whole chicken or turkey. We'll probably have to process most of ours as "parts," anyway, to have enough room for them in the freezer.

 

[Omniskies]

I plan on trying the following crosses for fun:

Chickens

Cornish x Dorking
Cornish x Faverolle
Cornish x Cornish-Rock
Dorking x Cornish-Rock
Dorking x White Rock
Brahma x Cornish-Rock
Brahma x White Rock

This only requires three breeding pens and a year, so why not?

Ducks

Pekin x Muscovy

Geese

Embden x African

I'm fine with using purebred geese once I have extras I'm not keeping back as breeding stock. I heard that Africans have an extremely good flavor so I'm tempted to hold back a single pair and see how the goslings come out.

Quail

Jumbo x AM White

Dark meat meets white meat. I haven't talked to anyone who can tell me what this combination tastes like and want to find out on my own.

Turkeys

Ah...I hadn't thought this through. Hatchery BB Whites x credit card?

 

[Mrs MIA]

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I was thinking about doing this...

I have a white rock hen, and was wondering what it would produce if crossed with:
Dorking
Light Brahma
Shamo

I may need to see if I can get a Cornish roo...

 

[Wolf-Kim]

Mrs. AK-Bird-Brain :

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I was thinking about doing this...

I have a white rock hen, and was wondering what it would produce if crossed with:
Dorking
Light Brahma
Shamo

I may need to see if I can get a Cornish roo...

I think the White Rock crosses would only make a larger bird and not neccessarily a faster growing bird. I would hunt you a Cornish rooster for that. It's what I plan on doing this fall anyway. LOL

(like I need any more birds runnin' around)

-Kim​