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    Freedom Rangers and Rhode Island Reds

    We raised Freedom Rangers for the first time last year and really enjoyed it. We are planning another batch this spring but are thinking of adding a few Rhode Island Reds to keep as egg layers. I had good luck last year with free ranging and would like to free range all of the birds together...
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    What do you charge when you sell your meat birds?

    https://rebelpastures.com/products/pasture-raised-whole-chicken A 4lb bird is $35 bucks. I have wondered myself what I would need to make this profitable. I figure at this point you have to get $25 a bird to make it profitable, but probably not worth your time unless you just love it. $3 a...
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    Feeding/Free Range Grit Questions

    All, We have 30 Freedom Rangers that are about 4 weeks old. We have been opening the coop up in the morning and putting them back in at night. Our goal was to free range them and have them eat bugs and a natural diet as much as possible. So far we have not had predator issues yet but know we...
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    Newbie Free Range Questions

    After going back and forth on chickens my wife and I are going to give raising freedom rangers a try. I plan to do a 10x10 chicken tractor for 30 birds. I live on 18 acres and my nearest neighbor is about 100yards away though some pretty thick forest. I have not seen people talk about opening...
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