Best Meat Chicken Breeds

[@Booneboarder]

I keep one chicken and that's a Rhode Island Red. No need to mess around with two breeds for me. I have my layer's and my meat birds. Raise my chicks and keep about 50 birds for my meat birds for a year's worth in the lay down freezer. Every three years I rotate my layer's and turn them into stew birds and dog food. Every year I add 10 new chicks to the layer and keep a rotation going. Nice video and thanks for sharing.

[@cubaniton74]

If you keep 3 different groups of hens, and only 3 roosters, and move the roosters from hen group to hen group each year, you don't have to bring any new blood into your flock, just keep the hens within the group they were born in, and rotate the roosters (3 roosters only) on each breeding cycle.

[@crrc250]

Very informative, I like the 'taste' info you added. In the 70's my folks raised plymouth rocks, I was not fond of them as a kid, moody birds. Many years til I started my own flock again. Glad I added Buffs last year as dual purpose, just waiting for one to go broody this year. I have wyandottes, but love those fat buffs just based on looks! I have done cornish the last 3 years. Learned not to do them in summer the first yr. I raise 16-24 as early as I can get them in Spring. They taste better when not heat stressed. I can keep them warm on chilly days, but they get too hot too fast in summer. We start processing the biggest 4 at 6 weeks, then 4-6 every week after, and haven't had a 'dry' one the last 2 yrs. Loaded in fat and no health problems, not over fed, organic feed only. Fresh lawn , tractors moved twice a day. Tried 6 slow grow whites last year, not impressed, dry and a bit tough. Currently raising 16 rangers and a week later added 16 cornish. 2 whole birds left in freezer from last year so need the cornish to be ready first. Rangers a bit sweeter?, I hope so. Will find out in 8weeks. But I have no complaints about my cornish, and neither did anyone else we gifted one to. 'So much more flavor than store bought', best compliment I get.

[@thehappychickencoop6460]

Interesting point coming from someone who has loads of experience in processing chickens. Which hens do you like to process in the summer where the heat doesn't affect the flavor? We currently live in a SUPER HOT and HUMID climate 8-9 months out of the year.

[@georgemiller9533]

Try giving them fermented scratch the two weeks before you butcher. Amazing.

[@alaskacosplay]

Im gonna be definitely getting more broiler chickens in the future. Not sure if theyre cornish crosses but they are similar to them visually.

[@vickiesmith5493]

I had the opportunity to purchase some bresse chicks. I love them. They are beautiful birds. Hens are smaller but the roosters are huge. I'm really enjoying them. They're laying now so I'm hatching chicks in the incubator. Wish me luck.

[@sharihenderson7621]

It's been 7 months since my last request for a video on the Bielefelder chicken. Had several thumbs up to my post and a positive comment yet still no video on them. They are beautiful birds, lay a large brown egg, hens and roosters are gentle and non-aggressive. They're also an autosexing breed so you know at hatch whether it's a male or female. A shame this channel won't give the breed the recognition it deserves.

[@brackguthrie9470]

Jeez...the inhumanity!!

[@GloriaStroud-l7q]

Used f4c2d

[@GloriaStroud-l7q]

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[@meljordan220]

We have too many roosters. One of them is very mean so he is about to get into the stew pot. He's a Wyandotte. He is huge compared to the other Wyandotte I have. Glad to know he's dual purpose. He is a year old so I assume it's the stew pot or slow cooker for him rather than roasting or frying.

[@scottulbrich5376]

not necessarily, and if he tough you can par boil then fry, but at a year old id sayvstill tender

[@TurkeyFarmerGirl]

You could debone, part out. I hammer out chunks for my sons homemade chicken nuggets. I prefer to process them by 6 months. Had some young mean Roos we had to process at 3 months. They were ganging up on my Royal palm turkey poult. Them were some tender birds. , no not much meat, but when your doing 5 or 6 in one go. I skin, keep tails, wings head and feet for crafts. Age for 3 days, then debone or part out. Grilled, fried, baked. My 7 yr old is raising silkies to eat. We raise em all like pets, depending on your personality, you stay a pet or become dinner. Very tame, so when the time comes. They are very relaxed in my hand. No stress hormone entering the meat. We have lots of love and respect for our birds. They been great for my homeschooler.

[@meljordan220]

@@TurkeyFarmerGirl I really like your outlook. You start out as a pet, if that doesn't work out you become dinner. That is awesome!

[@heroicanon]

I've eaten Australorp, Buff Roosters, and Cornish Crosses that we raised. The CC meat was amazing but the heritage birds had a great flavor. Next up- Freedom Rangers, White Rangers and New Hampshire.

[@gregschoonover8352]

You left out an excellent heritage breed. The Delaware

[@TacklingTheGiants]

Please tell me more about the Delaware. I've been looking for information from people who raise them. How do they taste when cooked in oven like a store bought chicken? Are they tough?

[@tommylogan2201]

The deleware are my favorite. Great flavor

[@daoudatraore7835]

Interesting video I want to know where to get those eggs thank you

[@shannonfrericks1124]

Hmm! No Rhode Island White, Plymouth Rocks, and Buckeyes?

[@michellenite5393]

Geat information. Thank you

[@thehappychickencoop6460]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Wakeywhodat]

Nice video.. An important distinction is that the Cornish cross can not be bred. Many people wishing to raise meat birds need to realize this. I have the American Bresse.

[@thehappychickencoop6460]

Great point!

[@cubaniton74]

I wanted to see if the internet myth was true, and it is not. The Cornish Cross chickens can be bred and they breed true, it is just a bit more work than with regular chickens, because you have to control their diet or they will simply die before reaching maturity, and once they are adults, the females don't lay too many eggs.

[@MsMuffetsTuffet]

Not true at all! I have a few chicks I hatched out from Cornish cross, and they are the same as the parents. However, the hens do not lay very well and the rooster does have a hard time mounting the hens. They can breed though. I have a few American Bresse chickens which are awesome meat birds. I will try crossing the Cornish and Bresse.

[@TurkeyFarmerGirl]

I’m breeding fibro crosses and silkies to eat. My 7 yr olds idea. I have a AC roo, pumping out beautiful black birds. Got some Brahma and jersey giants. Our polish tasted delicious. We process 6 months max. 4 to 5 months is perfect. . Had some mean roosters, 16 weeks old. They were very tender. I let age in fridge for 3 days. We skin, instead of pluck. I keeps the tails, wings and feet for crafts. We do European mounts with the heads and wings. Guinea fowl are delicious, we raise turkeys to eat and pets. Have a Royal palm house turkey, hatched with silkies. And peacocks, we haven’t ate any of them yet.

[@forced4motorsports]

Egg Production on the Buff Orpington is off. 180 is on the low side. 180-230. Some have even reported 250+

[@oscarwindham6016]

Man, oh man, it took you a very, very long time to get to the actual name of chicken breeds?

[@knoxurbanhomestead]

If I get heritage breed, and i have a rooster of the same breed, can i incubate the eggs at home?

[@MsMuffetsTuffet]

Yes you can!! Happy hatching!

[@coziii.1829]

I will never raise zombie chickens AKA Cornish cross

[@cubaniton74]

You will never be able to give any real input on the theme then.

[@Southern_simmer]

What about white Plymouth rock

[@yzettasmith4194]

Silkies do not sound very tasty. Was kind of expecting the Dorking to be mentioned.

[@jenniferbunker2757]

What is the best second choice to the cornish cross? My family loves big breast

[@tommylogan2201]

You spent alot of time pushing the cornish cross. The flavour of the deleware is so much better. I just had both and i ended up getting a flock of Delaware to keep for meat and eggs. Ill never do cornish cross agine its a nast bird.

[@ks_hunter7327]

How do you spell the second to last breed? Your slide was a duplicate of the last breed

[@coziii.1829]

Bielefelders are bigger than Jersey Giants and great meat

[@Uptownfunkyouup843]

I have both…at full size the black giant wins they just grow way slower. Heck I have a 1 year old Cornish cross rooster that is 27lbs …the neighborhood calls him “hulk chicken”. I have all kinds of roosters and they all grow differently.

[@coziii.1829]

@@Uptownfunkyouup843 Update for me Bielefelder rooster cut weight 13 pounds and very tasty My Jersey rooster only 11 pounds Not so tasty Now I got breese along with Bielefelders

[@coziii.1829]

@@Uptownfunkyouup843 For me Bielefelders are still the biggest hands down I also have a hybrid offspring Bielefelder rooster with a buff hen Made a pretty red rooster and grew bigger than Bielefelder rooster . Call him big red Live weight 19 pounds

[@georgemiller9533]

@@Uptownfunkyouup843 holy shit. 27 pounds?!? I’m calling bullpoop on that one.

[@georgemiller9533]

@@Uptownfunkyouup843 my bad. Just saw Cornish cross. Mutant birds. I withdraw the bullpoop designation

[@88dfletcher]

So what's a heritage egg?

[@Sohailhgfggggh6]

An egg that comes from a heritage hen !!!

[@nunyabidness7824]

Breese is pronounced by rhyming with word dress.

[@BlueberryStinkFinger62]

Rhode Island Reds are my Egg layers only

[@agomodern]

Are these stats because you actually raised them yourself or just free onfo found online?

[@georgemiller9533]

Breese.

[@nunyabidness7824]

The correct pronunciation rhymes with Dress

[@georgemiller9533]

@@nunyabidness7824 yep.

[@rrbb36]

*sired (sigh-urd) not surred..

[@scottulbrich5376]

dont even know how to pronounce the different breeds, omg

[@jacksnavely559]

The absolute best I have EVER ate was a Dutch Bantam , ,so very good , ,has dark meat breast and all. ,so bad it's so small that not worth 😕 raising for the table , ,but it's the BEST🤔👍👍❤️