Meat Bird Recommendations

[Kaleai]

Different parts to this. How delicate are your senses? Some people are excellent on being able to distinguish minor differences in either. I'm a rude crude neanderthal according to my wife (I agree with her), there is little subtle about me. So part of that is your perception.

Another part is maturity. Different birds even the same age and with the same parentage enter puberty at different ages. So a part of flavor and texture will depend on what stage of puberty are they in. Sex can play a part in this too.

Some people claim to be able to tell differences in dual purpose breeds, let alone between CX and DP. I'm a neanderthal and would not know about that.

Differences in feed or how much exercise they get could make a difference. Even if they free range the CX are usually lazier than the DP.

DP tend to give more dark meat. CX give a fair amount of white meat.

The only way I know for you to find out is to raise some of both side by side and see what you determine for your circumstances.

Thank you for the breakdown. My husband and I like to think we have defined pallets but who really knows.
Next year I'll probably tackle raising breeds side by side for meat comparison. I worry about how CX temperament is but then again its just a few weeks.