Looking For Heavy Breeds + What Breed are these?

[GreatBreeder]

I'm going to start my journey with chickens with some heavy DP breeds. Other than Cornish and Dorkings, any good reccomendations?

Also, found these while browsing heavies second probly a White Rock any ideas?

 

[summerb123]

Dorkings are dual purpose breed! My girl is decent size and a great layer!

 

[Hamiam]

View attachment 1045118 View attachment 1045119 View attachment 1045120 Dorkings are dual purpose breed! My girl is decent size and a great layer!

She's a cutie pie. How much does she weigh? What weight is considered heavy breed?

 

[summerb123]

She's a cutie pie. How much does she weigh? What weight is considered heavy breed?

I'm not sure she is to feisty! When I do catch her her extra toes ate super long and sharp.. So I leave her be as much as possible! She looks kinda small because she is short but she weighs around 7 pounds....

 

[drumstick diva]

Brhamas are a heavy, BIG breed. But slow developing, if you are looking for meat birds. They are too beautiful to eat anyway.

 

[TinyBirds]

Agree that brahmas are too beautiful to eat. Over the years I've found it easier to kill the roosters that are either mean to us or the hens, and I've never had a brahma or cochin that was mean so they're too hard to kill emotionally. Also the hens lay less eggs usually.
Black australorps or white plymouth rocks (not the same as white cornish rocks) are my suggestion. Black copper marans maybe but they don't lay as many eggs as the others.

 

[GreatBreeder]

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Also, found these while browsing heavies second probly a White Rock any ideas?

 

[Gray Farms]

Plymouth Rocks "any color but Barred, black pin feathers SUCK!!", New Hampshire Reds, and Buckeyes would be my top three choices for dual purpose breeds.

 

[GreatBreeder]

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Also, found these while browsing heavies second probly a White Rock any ideas?

 

[Leigti]

I have a white rock and a barred rock and they are both great. I think my favorite overall is probably wyandotttes. They are very pretty and they are good layers.