whats the best yard chicken to raise for meat?

Answer 1

rhode island red are tender

Answer 2

Unless you have need for a lot of eggs, I would look for meat type chickens. They will also lay eggs, but they don't lay as many as an egg producing breed. You should be able to have enough eggs from them so that you don't have to have two separate breeds. Plymouth Rocks, or Rhode Island Reds are both good choices. Or if you are going to get several chickens, just mix them up. Get four or five different ones.

Answer 3

Cornish hens. They grow extremely fast and are ready for butchering around 12 weeks. They have much more meat on them then layer chickens. They average 6-8 lbs when dressed.You have to butcher them also because they just get too big and won't be able to walk around. The Reds are only about 2-4 lbs dressed and not much meat.

Answer 4

There are many. White or Barred Plymouth Rocks, Rhode Island Reds, Buff Orpingtons and New Hampshires are used for farm flock meat production. White Leghorns really don't cut it. The five I listed above not only are good meaters, they a good egg layers and pretty to look at.

Answer 5

Cornish Rocks are the ones for speedy growth especially for meat. I really liked my Buff Orphintons for meat and eggs. They are a calm bird and very hardy.

Answer 6

I am sorry, I forgot their name. There is a specialty white chicken bred for fast growth,matures very quickly, large and tender. You might check with your local farmers.

These chooks are not bred to live longer than maturity they get too heavy for their legs, no I am not kidding. Not used for egg production either.

We were given these chicks by an elementary school upon the end of term. Our neighbour (raises organic chickens for organic eggs for health food stores) saw them and told us about them.

Once they matured, she sold them for us, we received auracanas and a nice variety of fancy chickens for eggs in return.

Good luck.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

Rhode Island reds are good producers and excellent eating.

Answer 9

here in India, we now favour a relatively newly introduced breeds, called "Vana Raja and Giri Raja", both these breeds are dual purpose, good for both meat and eggs.