I have two Imperial Broilers. A roo and a hen, about 5 months old. I rescued them from a live poultry market in Patterson, NJ. Both are very sweet and extremely smart. "Tiny" just started crowing last week and is already ten pounds. These are meat birds that grow big, have excellent flavored and textured meat, but differ from a Cornish Cross breed in that they will not lay by the food and gorge themselves all day. My pair eat at the same time as the rest of the flock and are not overly interested in food. They can live very happy long lives and can be butchered at anytime in the first year, yielding excellent quality meat. If a Cornish is not butchered at the six week mark, they can drop dead of a heart attack and generally have a miserable existence, poor things. Precious and Tiny will not be butchered but Tiny may be re-homed if he gets aggressive with the girls as he is a very big boy, almost like having a small Jersey Giant in the mix. So, I believe these birds are intended as meat birds but without the extremely fast growth rate and immediate need for butchering at the 6 week mark like the Cornish. They are big birds and not generally eyed for integration into a backyard flock. If you were to breed these for local restaurants, their meat flavor and quality may fetch a good price and they can be butchered on demand and delivered fresh.
