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"FR's"? What are they? A specific Cornish Cross?

Quote: I'm still not getting it - How long before they are feathered out? 4 weeks? 6 weeks? And if they get "the axe" at 8 weeks - how does the tractor paradigm really work for these birds? I'm about 80 pages in "Pastured Poultry for Profits" - and there's a graph in there about heat...

So - for clarity - you can put these fast growing buggers "out to pasture" at 3 weeks - but need some way to have a 300' extension cord out to the tractor in the field for a heat lamp? I'm having a mental disconnect between their growth rate - the need for heat - and sticking them in a...

OK - I'm new and slightly confused... There's a FAQ here about "you, your chicks and the first 60 days"... Then there is a list like this (http://www.welphatchery.com/cornish_rock.asp) and other places that says these Cornish Rock crosses are ready for processing in 8 weeks - which by my...