Imho it is not worth raising DP chickens for meat. The Meat Chickens I order grow fast and I get a "full" chicken that tastes good and I can achieve that in about 9 weeks.
The difference between layer feed and meat maker feed is protein, you can feed it if you want. From my prior experience Cornish will eat feed way before grass, so I find it a waste of time to try and add grass.
I'm new to the forum as I mentioned in another post. And I also realize that this topic has been discussed a million times but I can't find it, but I order chickens from Hoovers hatchery and they have the Red Rangers which I have raised before but they also have another chicken called the...