What are you looking for exactly? I have tried many including cx, Cornish game, freedom ranger, red rangers from mcmurray, Delawares, new hampshires, Jackie chickens, and brahmas. Nothing beats freedom rangers - in my opinion - for a balance of efficiency and quality of life. I used to raise 600 per year for sale. This year I raised Jackie chickens because I waited until too late to order and everyone was all out of everything else. As was my experience with most other "alternative" red rangers, they were slower than freedom rangers by a week or two, but otherwise they were identical. The farther you lean toward heritage and "chickeny" chickens, the more you get into efficiency problems (feeding them more food than they are worth butchered). Those heritage meat breeds might be docile compared to an Andalusian or leghorn but they are flighty as heck compared to a Cornish x or even a freedom ranger, who you can ALWAYS catch if ever you need to.
