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I believe this cockerel will become my rooster. He is the second heaviest bird. My heaviest has a white feather which the JG people tell me is a absolute cull. I am not giving up much is early weight gain, the heaviest is 923 g and this one is 913 g.

Thank you I will try it, DH is not excited by the idea of eating "old tough" birds :/ I need to get some really good recipes to prove him wrong or I will end up with a freezer full of chicken he will not eat.

I think they can be useful. I figured this would give me some variations. I plan on using my RR and DR for grilling and fryers. Figure I will find some good recipes to roast my slower growers. This hopefully will let me no longer buy chicken from the store.

Yes but definite negatives. Because I have only three I have kept my 8 week old birds penned with my 7week old layers. For the layers I have kept them with continuous feed. I now have one 8week old bird that is beginning to walk funny, too big too fast. I will see how my second batch turns out...

I have three 8 week old Red Rangers I grabbed one and weighed him he weighs 1911 grams He is pictured with 7 week old layers.

We are now at the 4 week mark with my chicks My Rainbow Dixies They weigh an average of 583 grams My Red Rangers They weigh an average of 586 grams My Jersey Giants They weigh an average of 308 grams. I do have one Jersey Giant that weighs 394 grams, my heaviest. I will try to pull...

I found him an left an email. Thank you!

Thank you I will have to look him up

I will look up Buckeye. I saw someone on here talking about a guy in NE that sells New Hampshire, that would definitely be an option, assuming he has males to sell cheaply, otherwise I am mostly sticking with the Hatchery Stock until I get experienced enough that I can hatch my own and raise...

Hello, this looks like a great, informative thread. I am currently raising a mix of red ranger, Rainbow Dixie, and Jersey Giant chicks mostly for meat production. The plan is to keep a Jersey for a Rooster and a female from the Cross breeds for breeders next year. I am planning on getting a...