Which chicken breeds have more white meat?

[Brunty_Farms]

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They are all around interesting birds as well. My Buckeyes have been the sweetest breed that i have ever kept. My two roos have never even shown any signs of flogging me or any of my kids, and I haven't seen them fight amongst themselves since they were young. I love them and plan to hatch out as many as possible this year.

I second the Buckeyes.... however.... I got beat up this morning by the smaller rooster I have. He hit me hard while I was holding a 50 lb bag of feed. I have solely ALBC lines and they are supposed to be docile. Well this guy is not.... after my cornish cross x buckeye project... this guy is gone. That is, if he is still alive. I kicked him pretty hard and he ran away.... not sure where he is. Too many little kids come here to the farm, a mean rooster is a liability.

 

[Brunty_Farms]

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Dorkings.....

 

[Chicks__R__Us]

Jeff, do you raise Dorkings or are you calling everyone dorkings?

 

[Brunty_Farms]

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Ditto....

 

[Brunty_Farms]

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Hahaha.... Well now that you mentioned it....

No, I do not. But I have heard nothing but good things from them on a meat standpoint.

 

[Ibicella]

Gonna wave the buckeye fan flag here too.

But I think most of your dual purpose meaty heritage birds should do you well. Buckeyes, White rocks, Cornish, Delawares, Dorkings, Brahmas, and Jersey Giants are some of the favs I've seen around here. Jersey Giants will give you a ton of meat if you don't mind a slow growing chicken but they'll give you a good 8 pounds or so of bird.

 

[Buster52]

Lazy J Farms Feed & Hay :

When the Cornish cross is raised as it was intended they typcially don't have health problems.

"The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence and the extent of leg problems in broiler chicks reared in conventional production systems in Denmark. The survey, which was designed as a cross-sectional study, included 28 broiler flocks (8% of the total number of flocks in Denmark); 2800 chicks in total (100 chicks per flock) were investigated for the occurrence of leg disorders in relation to animal welfare. The leg disorders included impaired walking ability, tibial dyschondroplasia (TD), varus/valgus deformations, crooked toes, foot pad burns, and asymmetrical development of the tarsometatarsus. The mean prevalence of impaired walking ability (gait score > O), tibial dyschondroplasia (TD score > 0), varus/valgus deformations, crooked toes and foot pad burns was 75.0%, 57.1%, 37.0%, 32.6% and 42.0%, respectively."

Source: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=622108
"Monitoring leg problems in broilers: a survey of commercial broiler production in Denmark"
World's Poultry Science Journal (2001), 57:55-69 Cambridge University Press

Been reading up on this. An argument can be made that non-conventional rearing such as Jaku and others practice reduces these health problems, as suggested in some of the literature I have seen, but not when they are raised as intended. That system is rife with health problems.​

 

[jaku]

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"The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence and the extent of leg problems in broiler chicks reared in conventional production systems in Denmark. The survey, which was designed as a cross-sectional study, included 28 broiler flocks (8% of the total number of flocks in Denmark); 2800 chicks in total (100 chicks per flock) were investigated for the occurrence of leg disorders in relation to animal welfare. The leg disorders included impaired walking ability, tibial dyschondroplasia (TD), varus/valgus deformations, crooked toes, foot pad burns, and asymmetrical development of the tarsometatarsus. The mean prevalence of impaired walking ability (gait score > O), tibial dyschondroplasia (TD score > 0), varus/valgus deformations, crooked toes and foot pad burns was 75.0%, 57.1%, 37.0%, 32.6% and 42.0%, respectively."

Source: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=622108
"Monitoring leg problems in broilers: a survey of commercial broiler production in Denmark"
World's Poultry Science Journal (2001), 57:55-69 Cambridge University Press

Been reading up on this. An argument can be made that non-conventional rearing such as Jaku and others practice reduces these health problems, as suggested in some of the literature I have seen, but not when they are raised as intended. That system is rife with health problems.

Who's to say what "intended" means? Similar things can be said for nearly all animals raised for large scale commercial production. Does that mean the breed is inherently bad, or simply that the widely practiced production methods are inherently bad? I believe THAT is what Lazy J was referring to.

 

[Buster52]

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In that response, I was speaking specifically to the widely practiced production methods and not the birds, at least mostly. Lazy J can correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure that is what he was talking about. I have found him to be a strong proponent of that system.

When they are raised as intended (in large confinement settings), they have the listed health problems. When they are raised by unconventional means such as those you practice, those problems are at least reduced.

Oh, and the Cornish Cross is not a breed. It's a hybrid.

 

[jaku]

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In that response, I was speaking specifically to the widely practiced production methods and not the birds, at least mostly. Lazy J can correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure that is what he was talking about. I have found him to be a strong proponent of that system.

When they are raised as intended (in large confinement settings), they have the listed health problems. When they are raised by unconventional means such as those you practice, those problems are at least reduced.

Oh, and the Cornish Cross is not a breed. It's a hybrid.

Oh, maybe I read it wrong then- in that case, I agree with you. Cornish X's only survive in confined, crowded, commercial poultry houses with the help of a lot of chemicals. But to be fair, I'm not sure leghorns would do much better naturally in the same environment.