Why are imperial colored broiler so invisible to humans these days?

[AeshaHadi]

Okay so...i bet some people may have these breeds but how come they are not on google and are given information about. When i search up this chicken breed name i see factorys and how the chickens are used for their meat. Nothing else! Usually when i seach up a chicken breed i find what egg color the chicken can lay and alot of info on them. But this breed...nothing!?

If you can answer this question THANK YOU!

 

[casportpony]

Welcome to BYC! Sorry, but I know nothing about this breed.

 

[KikiLeigh02]

Welcome to BYC! Looking at some of the pictures and reading the descriptions I think they may be Black Sex Link cockerels, and Bielefelder cockerels that they're selling as meat birds. They're dual purpose breeds so they sell the pullets as layers and cockerels as meat birds. I'm pretty sure they just sell whatever is available at the time, that's why they call them Imperial Colored instead of by actual breed.

 

[Pharmagirl]

I have two Imperial Broilers. A roo and a hen, about 5 months old. I rescued them from a live poultry market in Patterson, NJ. Both are very sweet and extremely smart. "Tiny" just started crowing last week and is already ten pounds. These are meat birds that grow big, have excellent flavored and textured meat, but differ from a Cornish Cross breed in that they will not lay by the food and gorge themselves all day. My pair eat at the same time as the rest of the flock and are not overly interested in food. They can live very happy long lives and can be butchered at anytime in the first year, yielding excellent quality meat. If a Cornish is not butchered at the six week mark, they can drop dead of a heart attack and generally have a miserable existence, poor things. Precious and Tiny will not be butchered but Tiny may be re-homed if he gets aggressive with the girls as he is a very big boy, almost like having a small Jersey Giant in the mix. So, I believe these birds are intended as meat birds but without the extremely fast growth rate and immediate need for butchering at the 6 week mark like the Cornish. They are big birds and not generally eyed for integration into a backyard flock. If you were to breed these for local restaurants, their meat flavor and quality may fetch a good price and they can be butchered on demand and delivered fresh.

 

[Homestead poultry]

Welcome to BYC! Looking at some of the pictures and reading the descriptions I think they may be Black Sex Link cockerels, and Bielefelder cockerels that they're selling as meat birds. They're dual purpose breeds so they sell the pullets as layers and cockerels as meat birds. I'm pretty sure they just sell whatever is available at the time, that's why they call them Imperial Colored instead of by actual breed.

No this is a cross bred broiler it's not a breed they use different bloodlines to make a faster growing chicken