Mistral Gris meat birds

[BlackBart]

A gentleman sent me this picture of a Master Gris, whom he crosses with Dorking for a meat bird. I can see in that bird
the origin of the Mistral Gris through some selective breeding over the last 30 years

 

[BlackBart]

17 days old, legs are starting to look pretty sturdy.
I forgot to measure the height but I would say 5-6 inches. This is the first day I gave them green grass and broccoli, they were ravenous for it.Somewhat variation in colour and size.

 

[call ducks]

Hey Guys and Gals

Mistral Gris come from PA, a four way cross created by an Amisha (sorry can't spell) breeder that has bred barred rocks all his life he is now 82. The Mistral Gris is not a french breed and is not a breed at all. It is simular to the Cornish Cross with out the bad legs etc. When the breeder started in devloping Mistral Gris he talked to Don Shavier (again not sure i spelt that right) who is an exepert in four way and sex link crosses. The breeder of Mistral Gris produces 110 thusand chicks a week. Another hatchery hatches 120 thusand a week.

-Cheers!

 

[enel 1]

Hey Guys and Gals
Mistral Gris come from PA, a four way cross created by an Amisha (sorry can't spell) breeder that has bred barred rocks all his life he is now 82. The Mistral Gris is not a french breed and is not a breed at all. It is simular to the Cornish Cross with out the bad legs etc. When the breeder started in devloping Mistral Gris he talked to Don Shavier (again not sure i spelt that right) who is an exepert in four way and sex link crosses. The breeder of Mistral Gris produces 110 thusand chicks a week. Another hatchery hatches 120 thusand a week.
-Cheers!

so how do you contact the hatchery?

 

[call ducks]

so how do you contact the hatchery?

That i am not sure about. I don't have any numbers or names off hand. This info comes from a friend that spent a week down there last summer learning from them.

 

[Buster52]

So how is it more than 110k of these are sold every week, yet no one has heard of them or knows how to contact the hatchery?

 

[Tumbleweed Farm]

So how is it more than 110k of these are sold every week, yet no one has heard of them or knows how to contact the hatchery?

Good question Buster, doesn't make sense

 

[mmktdox]

I think it makes sense ChickSlick and Buster! If it's in Pennsylvania and the breeders are Amish they are likely doing 100% of their business through word of mouth and it's probably very localized. Unless I'm way off the mark, Amish folks don't use any new technology so they're probably operating under our radar. Just my two cents!

 

[call ducks]

I think it makes sense ChickSlick and Buster!  If it's in Pennsylvania and the breeders are Amish they are likely doing 100% of their business through word of mouth and it's probably very localized.  Unless I'm way off the mark, Amish folks don't use any new technology so they're probably operating under our radar.   Just my two cents!

i know that they are Amish, and from PA. So yah i would imagine they are localized, to a point. From what i know a lot of mistral gris is sold to the east cost for high end resturants a other people.

 

[beanmcnulty]

They look a lot like kosher kings imo.