No, mammoth and BB Bronze are essentially the same breed. Mammoth Bronze is what they used to be more commonly called, now we've shortened Broad-breasted to BB. They will still mature to weights of 35+ pounds. The heaviest turkey on record was an 81 pound bronze! Good luck with your poults.
OMG everyone! one of my 2 1/2 week old meaties got trapped outside the brooding pen and stuck in the rain while I was away today. I came home and it appeared to be quite dead; limp, flat, soaked to the bone, and just plain stone cold dead. No pulse, no breathing. I held her my left hand and...
I think you are missing the point of why people are upset by this forum, Not only is it deceitfully entitled
"Broiler Meat Birds: To Brood Or Not To Brood"
when the author makes NO attempt to even mention the topics of brooding or breeding, he also fills his body paragraph with inacurate...
I don't know about all of that, as it seems to be in stark contrast to what I have experienced. I put my broiler chicks out on pasture early, when they were 5 days old. They have taken to running, foraging, scratching, flying and hunting like a real chicken. Why, I even make mine roost in my...
Normally its colder here in CT this time of year, but we're experiencing an indian summer this year. I imagine its going to get bitter around january/february like it did last year. We had 60 -70 degree days all the way thru december, then, all of a sudden winter hit all at once in Jan with...
They look marvelous! I applaud you in free ranging them as much as possible! Not at all the obese, spradle-leggd, sluggish, poop coated, angel winged, monstrosities, described by some. I hope mine turn out half as nice! This is my first time raising broilers. I have cornish x rock, a few...
They are Cornish X Rock hybrid broilers. They were born, er..hatched on 9/18. They had their first day free ranging today! they are 5 days old now, and I figured if I want to save on feed, they had better learn to rustle up some of their own grub, literally. I've heard that they do better the...
I have a correction to make; I ordered from purely poultry not meyer, they arrived at 10:30 today, none dead and 2 extra! A couple have tan heads or wings, I'm hoping for a surprise breed! I'll post pics soon!
I can't wait either, I also have a bantam indian game (cornish), a standard brahma pootra, and a salmon faverolle that i will be using as sires, so the mix will be interesting to say the least, I will be posting pictures.
Oohh, ooh I Am! I just ordered 25, they are supposed to get here by the 21st! They are my first cornish x broilers, any advice? I ordered from Myer's. I am raising them in a 10x10x7 ft hoop house with an open top wire mesh run, the run is 70 ft in circumference. the wire mesh is 6 ft tall...
I LOVE YOUR ROO!!! He's so handsome, I especially enjoy the kind, dignified expression on his face, its not cruel and scowling like so many roosters...Oh yeah, your hens not too hard on the eyes either :)
Yes that's true, however my experience has been breeds such as leghorns will have a much better chance at escaping predators than a say a fat little cornish rock, or completely flightless bantam cochin... That being said, the poster's question as to which breed has the best predator avoidance...