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Artificial insemination isn't that hard once you learn how to do it.

I don't know if the Freedom Rangers have the dwarf gene or not. I've read both ways. If I were doing this I'd get a few CX females and a heritage male and keep both male and female offspring for breeding. Or keep a heritage male and a female Freedom ranger. As long as you only keep female CX...

It kinda depends on how many pullets you hatch out and how lucky you are. With your cross to a "normal" dual purpose hen all male offspring will be "normal" sized because the dwarfing gene is recessive and the mother doesn't have any to give. So the male offspring don't tell you anything...

The dwarf gene is a recessive sex-liked gene. I have to think about it but I can eventually figure out who will give it to whom. But what are the practical outcomes of that? That can get confusing really fast. I don't know if them being dwarf helps keep them alive so they can breed or if...

The dwarfing gene is not only recessive but it is sex linked. That means a hen will give it to her sons but not her daughters. If you breed a dwarf CX hen to a DP rooster the offspring will all be regular size. The pullets will not have the dwarfing gene at all, the cockerels will be split...