Mixing a meat bird with a heritage?

[Ibicella]

I know that the mixed breed mutts like Cornish Cross, Freedom Rangers, Rainbow Rangers, and other of the larger faster-growing meat birds don't breed true.

But has anybody taken a few to breed into their heritage flocks for some meaty mutts? Like kept a Cornish X and raised it until adulthood and then bred it to a regular heritage White Rock or something.

I'm just interested in hearing stories and how any chicks that you got came out.

 

[galanie]

The ones I've seen generally come out looking like their mama. If the mama was the heritage breed, then they look like a strange [that breed]. I hatched one whose mom was a dark cornish, roo was a black orp. It looked like a tall cornish. They generally are meaty at least.