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Ive tried all kinds of chickens and always planned to be self sustainable. What ive found are New Hampshires. Dont get these for egg layers though and get a good utility bred strain.
I personally like Henry Nolls' New Hampshires and you can get them from Freedom Ranger Ranch. These birds get freaking huge. I got several roosters over 7 lbs in 16-18 weeks. They are the closest thing to CX but these birds are self sustainable. They lay decent for utility birds.
They are nice gentle birds but have a zest for life. They breed well and their meat is fine textured and reminds me of pheasant meat.
American Bresse are being touted as the greatest meat birds lately. They are not meat birds, more dual purpose. They are somewhat meaty compared to most heritage birds but they cant shine a light to NHs.
AB are decent layers and their eggs are delicious But... they are not a stabilized breed yet.
I highly recommend Henry Nolls New Hampshire's. You will be blown away!
Here are some pictures of my biggest NH rooster. Hes in a coop with the 4 biggest NH hens. He came from my second batch. First batch was only 12 birds. Second batch i got 100 of Henry's NHs because i was so satisfied with my first batch a year prior.
I gave some away some frozen carcasses for Christmas and my friends loved them.
I dont think you will buy a better chick for self sustainable meat production!
I personally like Henry Nolls' New Hampshires and you can get them from Freedom Ranger Ranch. These birds get freaking huge. I got several roosters over 7 lbs in 16-18 weeks. They are the closest thing to CX but these birds are self sustainable. They lay decent for utility birds.
They are nice gentle birds but have a zest for life. They breed well and their meat is fine textured and reminds me of pheasant meat.
American Bresse are being touted as the greatest meat birds lately. They are not meat birds, more dual purpose. They are somewhat meaty compared to most heritage birds but they cant shine a light to NHs.
AB are decent layers and their eggs are delicious But... they are not a stabilized breed yet.
I highly recommend Henry Nolls New Hampshire's. You will be blown away!
Here are some pictures of my biggest NH rooster. Hes in a coop with the 4 biggest NH hens. He came from my second batch. First batch was only 12 birds. Second batch i got 100 of Henry's NHs because i was so satisfied with my first batch a year prior.
I gave some away some frozen carcasses for Christmas and my friends loved them.
I dont think you will buy a better chick for self sustainable meat production!