How many of you FULLY Free Range your Cornish X Meaties? Tractors do not count.

[Beekissed]

I don't know where you get all your birds, Aoxa, but they all~each and every one~are just utter perfection to look upon! Such beautiful examples of the breeds, with glorious feathering and coloring and form! That goose is just like a piece of art.

 

[aoxa]

I don't know where you get all your birds, Aoxa, but they all~each and every one~are just utter perfection to look upon! Such beautiful examples of the breeds, with glorious feathering and coloring and form! That goose is just like a piece of art.

Not all of them are that pretty I have a few Plymouth Barred Rock males that are hideous. They are a very poor example of the breed. I have one without any tail at all. He would make a great start to a barred Araucana project, but that's about it. Also have another that has very little feathering. He was naked completely at 6 weeks. He will be processed, but he needs to put on some weight first.

But I do aim to only breed the best of the breeds. Not just in looks, but utility as well.

Almost all are very pristinely feathered. I give credit to the Fermented feed. It may not work so well with crested breeds, but it does for everyone else.

Thank you

 

[chicken pickin]

Yours is Silver Laced, my boy is Silver Pencilled They do have similar patterns everywhere but the chest.


The Silver Pencilled Plymouth Rock girls are eye catching. This pullet is 22 weeks.

I LOVE HER

 

[Chad Cool]

One week Two weeks Three weeks Four weeks Five weeks What breeds of Chickens make up the "CX"? or where can I find that info at? Six weeks Seven weeks and Eight These aren't my bigger boys pictured. I have some boys much smaller than others. Probably the smaller ones are the better foragers, not so aggressive at the food line.

 

[aoxa]

What breeds of Chickens make up the "CX"? or where can I find that info at?

Highly guarded.. Cornish and Plymouth Rocks are in the mix, but it has taken generations upon generations to get it just right..

 

[call ducks]

What breeds of Chickens make up the "CX"? or where can I find that info at?

Commercial broilers are not made up of breeds per say. Each grandparent line is a breed (A,B,C,D) in the sense that they can reproduce more of the same ( Ie. AxA would produce more A birds). Now a days when making a new commerical broiler they basically have cultivator stock that is used.

What was used in some of the first crossings of grandparent birds may not be known by even the breeders or companies that created them. They may have an idea though.

 

[call ducks]

Quote: Not really a highly guarded secret because truth be told the companies might not even know what is in them. They often use cultivar stock now (no better way to describe it). From conception to fruition the turn around time for breeding a broiler is 3-5 years.

 

[Chad Cool]

Not really a highly guarded secret because truth be told the companies might not even know what is in them. They often use cultivar stock now (no better way to describe it). From conception to fruition the turn around time for breeding a broiler is 3-5 years.

So if I wanted to come up with my own meat bird where would I start? What breeds would you use? and how would you go about it?

 

[call ducks]

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So I guess that would depend on what you want in a meat bird. Often times it does not make sense (financially) to breed one own's meat bird as their is a lot of breeding that has to be done ( producing 700+ into the thousands or tens of thousands to get birds with desirable traits).

However you could start with breeds to build a frame, So cornish, jersey giants, North American (not australian) Light Sussex, Rhode Island Red, Barred plymouth rocks, etc. If you want to I would suggest getting a couple dozen hens of each breed along with some cocks (10:1 10 hens to 1 cock keep that in mind) from hatcheries or production lines. This is not the time nor place for show quality lines and just breed them together. You will have to be very very good at keeping records on weights ( weighing birds at least once a week, up to four times a week) the chicks would need some type of ID on each from ~1-3 days. As you might have figured out this is why very very few people own broilers. Also there are traits that I have not mention like feather and skin colour and growth uniformity.

 

[Chad Cool]

So I guess that would depend on what you want in a meat bird. Often times it does not make sense (financially) to breed one own's meat bird as their is a lot of breeding that has to be done ( producing 700+ into the thousands or tens of thousands to get birds with desirable traits).  

However you could start with breeds to build a frame, So cornish, jersey giants, North American (not australian) Light Sussex, Rhode Island Red, Barred plymouth rocks, etc. If you want to I would suggest getting a couple dozen hens of each breed along with some cocks (10:1 10 hens to 1 cock keep that in mind) from hatcheries or production lines. This is not the time nor place for show quality lines and just breed them together. You will have to be very very good at keeping records on weights ( weighing birds at least once a week, up to four times a week) the chicks would need some type of ID on each from ~1-3 days.  As you might have figured out this is why very very few people own broilers.  Also there are traits that I have not mention like feather and skin colour and growth uniformity.

sounds very pricy. I might just buy Freedom Ranger and keep some for offspring.