What's your favorite breed of meat chicken?

[Kala]

We got some heritage breeds to use for meat birds and needless to say, its taking them FOREVER to get to a good butcher weight. And then I read about people processing their creepy meats in 6 weeks. So we're wanting to try a different breed next time to make this more $$ worth it for us.

So...what's your favorite creepy meat?

 

[Farmfresh]

I DO have a favorite. I am very pleased with the Cornish Cross birds I get from Welp's hatchery. Yes they are "Frankenbirds" or "creepy meats" but I am pleased with the results when I free range (they are in a pen) them.

 

[Kala]

So I just googled "creepy meats" just to see what came up. The first 4 results are from OFG's blog, and then there's one from Javamama from this site!!!!!! So 5 out of 10 search results are SS'ers!

And thanks FF!

 

[Farmfresh]

I actually thing OFG coined the term "creepy meats" and probably the term "Frankenbirds" as well! That is why we love her!

 

[Wifezilla]

You guys rock


Quite a few people on BYC are raising "freedom rangers". They do take a little long to grow out than the creepy meats if I understand correctly, but they are less creepy

 

[Kala]

So does creepy meat/frankenbirds always=cornish cross?

And what exactly is a freedom ranger (breed)?

I is corn-fused!

 

[Wifezilla]

Creepy meat usually is the cornish cross, but there are other meat breeds. This chart lists what birds are best for eggs, which ones are dual purpose and which ones are "meaties".

Here is info on the freedom rangers.
http://www.jmhatchery.com/free-range-broiler/colored-range-chicks/prod_5.html

 

[Kala]

TY WZ!

I'm adding all kinds of new words to my farm vocab!

 

[snapshot]

Creepy meat usually is the cornish cross, but there are other meat breeds. This chart lists what birds are best for eggs, which ones are dual purpose and which ones are "meaties".

Here is info on the freedom rangers.
http://www.jmhatchery.com/free-range-broiler/colored-range-chicks/prod_5.html

Wifezilla! What chart lists what birds are best for what purpose?

 

[Wifezilla]

Arg! Forgot the link. Here..try this...

http://www.ithaca.edu/staff/jhenderson/chooks/chooks.html