multi strain meat bird breeding mix

[eatwhatyougrow]

Get the mineral rights! I would never buy land without them. And in my area water is no big deal but again if you cant get water for you or animals or crops. Well.

 

[Paulyp]

Update on my 6 week old DC X Cornish cross and also Red Rangers. I was having trouble posting pics so I have to use direct link to my photo bucket. In the pics you will see that the white chicks(DC X Cornish cross) are feathered out just as good as other chicks and the are much heavier than the Rangers. I have to say the Rangers seem to grow faster than any Heritage breeds I have raised but, still slower growing to my DC X Cornish cross chicks. No leg issues or any other issues. Most of the chicks are 5 week old rangers. There is one 6 week old ranger to compare to.
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[ladycat]

How is everyone's projects coming along?

 

[kauaifeerange]

Its been a couple years but like I said when I started this thread, I would go ahead with my plan and keep everyone posted so this is where I'm at thus far. These birds are half DC,1/3 production red, and 1/3 Cobb broiler. I used a PR cock over a commercial broiler and got some nice sized hens then I bred a decent( non hatchery) DC over the hens and these are a couple of birds I held back to breed.

How did you cross them ? Did you just let the mom sit on them or incubator

 

[dunedin]

thank you for sharing and updating. I want to raise meat birds but don't want to depend on commercial hatcheries (would rather have a flock of self perpetuating birds) I'm wondering what would happen if I had an Cornish cross broilers and bred them with various hardier breeds like RIR. living in New Zealand makes it hard to get ahold of many breeds that are available in other places though.

 

[dunedin]

have you had any luck getting the fast growth in your birds?

 

[ijon]

Looking at your varieties, I would probably try the Dark Cornish and the RedRanger for my own personal mix. We eat mostly white meat in our house. I read that the pure Cornish are a double breasted bird, so that would be in the mix for sure. RedRangers grow faster than the regular breeds, I think. Eat the small ones and the breed the big ones to develop a self-sustaining flock with decent growth rate and carcass size.

That is assuming that the RedRanger is a meat type bird like the Freedom Rangers, Black Broilers, etc. that everyone here talks about, there are so many varieties of these that it is hard to keep track. Take longer to grow than a Cronish X, but less time than a dual purpose breed, right?

Dark cornish and red ranger works real good. I have tried it and they make a nice meaty chicken.

 

[big medicine]

This has been a project I have working on a few years now. Probably my best layers and most feed efficient. Excellent meat qualities, especially the cockerels.

 

[trsturself]

This has been a project I have working on a few years now. Probably my best layers and most feed efficient. Excellent meat qualities, especially the cockerels.

What is the mix of breeds in these birds?

 

[big medicine]

A blend of Cornish, Brahma, and Wyandotte.