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Poultry and Pets => The Hen House => Topic started by: pandora on January 13, 2009, 09:21

Title: Best chickens for meat? And meat bird tips please!
Post by: pandora on January 13, 2009, 09:21

I keep a variety of hens for eggs, a few pure breds for egg colour (araucanas, marans, wyandottes) and a few hybrids for egg regularity. They are all looked after by the fabulous Mummy's Boy, my cuckoo maran cockerel.

I'd like to branch out into keeping chickens for meat. I know a few people here have done this. What is a good breed for this, and does anyone have any tips and essential knowledge for someone starting out? I plan on going on a course which is held near me on preparing a bird for eating, so I know what to do with it once I've fed them up!

Title: Best chickens for meat? And meat bird tips please!
Post by: Bodger on January 13, 2009, 13:16

Hi
There are two very good hybrid breeds available which have different merits but are very good, namely Ross Cobbs and Sassos.
If you want a pure bred meat bird that still performs well, then there's a breed called Ixworths.

Title: Best chickens for meat? And meat bird tips please!
Post by: agapanthus on January 13, 2009, 19:53

We are going for sasso's...ain't we Bodge?? :D

Title: Best chickens for meat? And meat bird tips please!
Post by: pushrod on January 13, 2009, 22:31

JA 757's egg to table in anything from 2 to 5 months.