Unique Culinary Meat Breeds

[becky3086]

Houdan used to be a breed favored by the French and of course Dorkings used to be a meat bird.

 

[farmboy238]

Thomas Jefferson said that Houdans were the best of all eating birds. He said they were very "fine boned" , whatever that means. If you ever get bored (very bored) read his notes on Agriculture. I would like to try one myself but I wonder how far removed genetically they have gotten from his day.

 

[CoopCrazy]

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Will you be selling Hatching eggs/ chicks on these???? I have to have some... They are amazing..

 

[bigredfeather]

Would Freedom Rangers fall into this catagory? The description at JM says the breeding stock is from France and is prefered by French chefs. :dunno

ETA: Sorry, I didn't notice you referenced these in your OP.

 

[heritagehabitatfarms]

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Will you be selling Hatching eggs/ chicks on these???? I have to have some... They are amazing..

cross my fingers and lord willing... i cant find out much about how they lay but hopefully ill have a few to sell by next fall... ill be getting them in feb hopefully a trio or quad... i will be hatching every egg tell i get 50 to 100 of them... i would like to have a breeding flock of about 50 birds because thats how many you need to have to be considered a breeding flock by the ALBC... so depending on how they lay i might have some eggs to sell buy next fall... i am going to get my NPIP by next winter so by 2011 i should be able to hatch and sell chicks nation wide... like i said cross my fingers and lord willing

 

[becky3086]

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I have a spare roo running around the yard that is just asking to be put on the table. He is hatchery stock though and not like the ones I have in the pen. He is more Polish-like. Even mine in the pen that are better type, I would imagine are far removed from the original meat birds, mainly because they are too small bodied. However, if I ever do get around to the roo, I will let you all know how he turns out. I imagine I will have a lot more roos in the future from the better birds as well.