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Hubbard
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Hubbard is a commercial poultry genetics brand known for broiler and specialised meat lines, including both conventional fast growers and alternative, slower-growing or coloured products used in free-range and Label-style programmes. Selection balances growth, feed efficiency, livability, and, in some products, outdoor hardiness and darker meat flavour. Kitchen use spans commodity white broilers and premium slower birds sold whole or portioned. Conventional Hubbard meat is mild and tender; coloured and slow-growing Hubbard-derived birds often show firmer texture and deeper flavour after longer grow-outs, suited to roasting and traditional European poultry cookery.
Also known as: Hubbard broiler, Hubbard / slow-growing coloured lines, Hubbard free-range meat bird
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History
Hubbard Farms began as a New England poultry breeding enterprise supplying improved stock to commercial growers.
Specialised broiler hybrids under the Hubbard name expanded with the rise of integrated poultry production.
European development linked Hubbard genetics to continental broiler and alternative meat-bird markets.
Hubbard products diversified into conventional and slower-growing coloured lines for free-range and welfare labels.
Corporate regrouping kept Hubbard as a recognised brand within global poultry breeding portfolios.