MildlyOffensiveChicken
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I plan on hatching my own meat birds ongoing without being dependent on hatchery birds each year.
I am keeping Icelandics as my layers. They don’t make for great meat chickens. I have quite a bit of predator pressure. Skunks, foxes, coyotes, wolves, black bears....so the Icelandics fit the bill of being able to survive better
Most of the information online is conflicting.
Delaware, Hampshire reds, chanteclar, Bresse, Dorkings and others are mentioned frequently.
Wildly different estimates of time to butchering weight online.
What is fastest growing “heritage” breed one can raise? What if forager/predator resistant is added?
I am keeping Icelandics as my layers. They don’t make for great meat chickens. I have quite a bit of predator pressure. Skunks, foxes, coyotes, wolves, black bears....so the Icelandics fit the bill of being able to survive better
Most of the information online is conflicting.
Delaware, Hampshire reds, chanteclar, Bresse, Dorkings and others are mentioned frequently.
Wildly different estimates of time to butchering weight online.
What is fastest growing “heritage” breed one can raise? What if forager/predator resistant is added?