what's a good meat bird

[JoJo 95]

i would like to have a meat bird flock. i want a fast growing,light meat chicken. however i would like a breed that can reproduce naturally. any suggestions?

 

[hinkjc]

Typical meat birds don't live long enough to reproduce. If you don't butcher them within 6-12 weeks, they usually die of heart attack or their legs give out.

Do you mean you are looking for a multi-purpose flock - that can be used for meat and eggs? If so, I recommend orpington. White skinned and nice sized birds for meat. Hens lay large brown eggs.

 

[PurpleChicken]

Colored Range Broilers will reproduce. Perfectly Polish has a new
chick at her house.

http://jmhatchery.com/

 

[Mahonri]

Dual purpose? White Rocks, RIR, Barred Rocks. but they'll never be big like Cornish X.

 

[PurpleChicken]

Australorps and Delawares make good multipurpose birds.
I've got 15, 12 week old Australorp roos ready for the processor.

 

[Buck Creek Chickens]

I like my extra cuckoo maren roo's they get big fast

 

[lildinkem]

The fastest large breed chicken I have are the Barred Rocks. I have alot of large fowl and the top 2 are Barred's and Orpingtons. The slowest I have are these Red Shouldered Yokohama's.

 

[CARS]

Alright gang.... everyone has responded with a different breed so far.

What's the deal?

 

[Buck Creek Chickens]

everyone has there favorite, and it all depends on what you've raised and eaten