What Makes a Red Broiler?

[gatrapper]

What two breeds of chicken are used to make red broilers?

 

[Molpet]

NH, RIR, Delaware and CX is the rumor.... different hatcheries have different mixes.

 

[iwltfum]

Not just two breeds and there are many varieties of red broilers. Most are proprietary mixes of barnyard "heritage" lines and cornish hybrids - close cousins of CX, but meant for breeding purposes.

 

[Ridgerunner]

@nicalandia any comments? Seems like something you might have some knowledge of.

I haven't dug into the red broilers but my guess is that selective breeding for a few generations may be involved in at least some of them. I have no reason to believe that just because two different hatcheries may call their birds Red Broilers that they are actually talking about the same birds.

Guys, the ones that have crossed Cornish X, do you know if the Cornish X is white because of dominant white or recessive white? If it is dominant white the first generation crosses are not going to be red. If it is recessive white they might or might not be, depending on what else is hiding under that recessive white.

I wonder if someone may be selling Rangers under the marketing name of Red Broiler?

 

[nicalandia]

@nicalandia any comments? Seems like something you might have some knowledge of.

In the world there are only Two Giant parent companies that control 95% of the broiler genetics, hatcheries calling their birds their own name means that they have bought the rights to name them.

The females while not classified as such are highly productive Standard size New Hampshire and Bantam sized(sex linked dwarfism) New Hampshire

here is the table

The males are standard fast growing Cornish Sires that are colored

The females are the same, the males are the ones that are changed depending on the market weight required.