Delas are awsum for this but if you want a larger carcass weight at butcher cross them to BR's mine last year out grew my dels by a good measure, at 18 and 22 weeks when we butchered they out weighed my Dels by 2 to 2 1/2 lbs each, carcass weight was 6 to 7 lbs roughly, all were roos.. I kept the hens and they lay very well and darker egg than a rock but not as dark as a Del, good sized lg eggs almost from the start...... I also had 1 cross with a BSL hen by accident and they are also very large at butcher.......... a bit harder to pluck though was the only down fall of them roo's....my del boys ranged 5 to 6 lbs same age 1 came in at 41/2.......we did 13 in Nov.
