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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: PIGBOY on May 08, 2013, 06:26:55 pm

Title: Meat Bird Development Help
Post by: PIGBOY on May 08, 2013, 06:26:55 pm

Hi all,
Right last year i set up a pen which consisted of a cuckoo maran cockeral and 6 indian game hens (A mixture of dark laced and Jubilees). My aim was to to produce a bird with the amount of beast and meat to weigh ratio of the indian game and the deep flavour and overall size of the cuckoo maran. I have 12 chicks from the pen and im bringing them on for the table but i would like to keep maybe a cockeral or two pullets back and develop my meat bird project further, so what do you guys think would be a good breed or breeds to cross them with next?

Title: Re: Meat Bird Development Help
Post by: graham-j on May 08, 2013, 09:32:10 pm

Hi,it would be interesting to see some photos.I think I would be inclined to cross them back with the pure IG again.
To basically create a supper IG.

Graham.

Title: Re: Meat Bird Development Help
Post by: PIGBOY on May 08, 2013, 10:40:10 pm

Will get some in the morning for you, they're only 4 weeks old  but they're growing fast. I like the idea of crossing them back to an IG.
Keelan

Title: Re: Meat Bird Development Help
Post by: FrostyM on May 09, 2013, 08:54:50 pm

Hi Keelan,


I was posting on here looking for advice on raising meat birds. I was sent a link on here which I presume the user wont mind me re-posting.


http://castlefarmeggs.co.uk/ (http://castlefarmeggs.co.uk/)


There is lots of information on there. In particular the "improved indian game" seems similar to your plan of breeding an IG cross back to IG.