Pullets roos or straight runs for meat

[denahli]

what is the difference in ordering a pullet, roo or sraight run for meat birds. Do roostaers get bigger or something?

 

[denahli]

and if it makes no difference then why are roos more?

 

[mylilchix]

I don't know why they offer 3 choices, but roos do get bigger than hens. I know they charge more for pullets when ordering egg layers because they have to sex them. It works the same way with roos as meat breeds.

Sonja

 

[MaineChickens]

I did straight run. I can see why people want to get one sex over the other. If you want to put all roasters, roosters will get the largest the fastest. I put up meat for many uses, so I keep the largest for roasters and butcher the smaller birds into parts for regular chicken meals.

 

[Davaroo]

Cockerels for meat

Pullets for eggs

Straight run to end up in the same place. With straight run you'll do the separating.

 

[scooter147]

When I order cornish x for meat birds I always order straight run.

I butcher a few roosters as "game hens".

I then butcher roosters when the reach approximately 6.5 to 7 lbs live weight.

The pullets are always butchered last as they do take a little longer to reach the weight I want.

By ordering straight run I then can spread my butchering over several weeks.

 

[pdpatch]

For standard size chickens pullets (less then 1 year old hen) is smaller. so it's usually better to go all male for meat type birds. A Pullets uses its feed intake to produce eggs not meat.

For some of the larger birds like the cornish cross, the females get big enough you can use the as cornish game hens

Straight runs are usefully for:

Some times by ordering a straight run you can use the pullets for eggs and males for meat. But that depends on the breed they are, for instance red sex links males are about 1 to 1/2 pound lighter when dressed after butchering.

If you are looking to hatch you own eggs then straight run will get you a few meat birds and a few hens for your breading stock, and a choice of which rooster to keep for mating.


They are cheaper since they don't have to pay someone to sex the birds. and by when it's time to lay eggs or butcher the males the adult charistercs are present and you can sex the birds then.

Tom

 

[chickenfanatic]

i buy staright run its just cheaper and both sexes have their advantages