Meat breeds

[deerman]

So which breeds today would be a good alternative for someone wanting to raise meat birds, other than the cornish cross? At what age would they reach butchering weight?

I have heard of Delawares, Sussexs, and Cornish (not crosses) being good meat breeds.

12 week and before are fryers after that they are roaster. buy heavy breed males, dual purpose

 

[Illia]

rooster of all the heavy breeds......capon .


Why does everyone short the name.........its Cornish X rock....not cornish x.............white cornish rooster over white rock hens

Why? Because first, that's actually not how they're made. They aren't an F1 hybrid of two easily found breeds. If they were, everyone wouldn't be relying on hatcheries all the time for them.

Cornish X/Broilers/Meaties/whatever ya want to call them are a result of a lot of work that is very hard for someone without the "recipe" to recreate today, especially the super fast growth rate.

 

[AquaEyes]

Cornish Crosses are the result of four different inbred grandparent lines that were selected for the production of the F2 hybrid which is raised for food.

Line A X Line B = F1-AB. Line C X Line D = F1-CD.

F1-AB X F1-CD = Cornish Cross raised for food.

People can buy the F2 generation, but the grandparent lines are tightly guarded, and the result of a lot of research and breeding.

The Cornish breed was used for crossing with a variety of breeds for meat hybrids, but the commercial success of the F2 I described has usurped the rest. In England, the popular cross was Cornish X Sussex. Basically, any fast-growing breed crossed with the slower-growing (but broad-chested) Cornish was tried.

 

[jamband]

rooster of all the heavy breeds......capon .


Why does everyone short the name.........its Cornish X rock....not cornish x.............white cornish rooster over white rock hens

Thats not actually the cross at all......they are an f2 hybrid. Meaning to breeds are bread to produce the mother and 2 others to produce the father and they are bread to produce the cornish x.......hence the reason why no one can breed these at home......They have the breeding plan on lockdown....its huge business

 

[deerman]

true you can't find white cornish roosters.......i know the hatchier that sell the cornish X rock cross...yes these chick are at butcher weight at 8 weeks. f1 or f2 still a cross of the two breeds

 

[deerman]

check both of these hatchery you will find they are cornish x rock....not cornish x

read about the mt healthy......

yes you could breed your own, trick is finding the white cornish roosters then white rock hen of the large size


http://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/jumbo_cornish_x_rocks.html

http://www.mthealthy.com/product/CR-SR

 

[deerman]

Thats not actually the cross at all......they are an f2 hybrid. Meaning to breeds are bread to produce the mother and 2 others to produce the father and they are bread to produce the cornish x.......hence the reason why no one can breed these at home......They have the breeding plan on lockdown....its huge business

yes one line of cornish and another line of white rock......then crossed still the rock is part of the cross, reason hatchery call them cornish rock........reason i ask why drop the rock...just as much rock as cornish, so why not rock x

 

[jamband]

true you can't find white cornish roosters.......i know the hatchier that sell the cornish X rock cross...yes these chick are at butcher weight at 8 weeks. f1 or f2 still a cross of the two breeds

Not really....An F1 is simply a cross between any two "pure breeds" For example. A black sex link is a cross of Rhode islad red and Plymouth Rocks(one scenario) Thus the Black sex link is a breed anyone could make. The cornish rock cross of any similar named bird is an F2 Hybrid. A result of 2 F1 hybrid crosses being crossed not Just 2 Breeds. You cannot make this breed at home. The genetics are highly protected by a German company namhed Hubbard ( I believe its German).

https://www.backyardchickens.com/products/cornish-cross

 

[Tarheel2288]

There is a local hatchery selling a "Delaware x Hampshire" which is what they (the hatchery) is calling an Indian River breed, which was referenced earlier in this thread. I'm thinking about trying this breed this spring instead of the Cornish X.

Link http://cacklehatchery.com/delaware_x_hampshire_cross.htm

 

[DCasper]

That was a good video. My Dad was a cook for part of WWII, and he will still not eat chickens. He said they were frozen and shipped with the guts still inside which meant the processing might not be completed until several years after the chicken was killed. I can see his point, but I still enjoy eating the little critters.