My best results have been crossing my Dark Cornish cockrel onto retained Freedom Ranger hens. The next best was crossing the same cockrel over my black sex links hens.
So, yes, you'll need to be doing hybirds if you want a decent meatbird. Even then, they won't be super. We grow our own hybrids each year, but only for our own consumption. I'd never dare sell them.
So, yes, you'll need to be doing hybirds if you want a decent meatbird. Even then, they won't be super. We grow our own hybrids each year, but only for our own consumption. I'd never dare sell them.