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Got the weights for the 3 week old Bresse and the just slightly younger Freedom Rangers.
The egg layer I weighed that is being raised within the group weight 3.31oz.
The Bresse were averaging 6.47oz. The biggest being 8.28oz and the smallest 4.51oz.
The Freedom ranger chicks average was 7.73oz and the biggest baby was 10.15oz and the smallest was 4.83oz.
You could feel the muscle on all of the meat chicks when you handle them, and you can feel the lack of muscle on the egg layers.
I'm worried about the Freedom Ranger chicks. The biggest ones are starting to act the way I think Cornish Cross would behave. Hanging out by the feeders and laying around a lot. They get worked up when I reach in there to grab them, they wobble a bit, like their little legs are having trouble supporting them. I think I will raise the next batch on the normal chick crumble to see if they have this problem with a lower protein diet. They are massive though.
The egg layer I weighed that is being raised within the group weight 3.31oz.
The Bresse were averaging 6.47oz. The biggest being 8.28oz and the smallest 4.51oz.
The Freedom ranger chicks average was 7.73oz and the biggest baby was 10.15oz and the smallest was 4.83oz.
You could feel the muscle on all of the meat chicks when you handle them, and you can feel the lack of muscle on the egg layers.
I'm worried about the Freedom Ranger chicks. The biggest ones are starting to act the way I think Cornish Cross would behave. Hanging out by the feeders and laying around a lot. They get worked up when I reach in there to grab them, they wobble a bit, like their little legs are having trouble supporting them. I think I will raise the next batch on the normal chick crumble to see if they have this problem with a lower protein diet. They are massive though.