Got 'em! 150 Colored Range Broilers (aka Freedom Rangers)

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I'm curious to see how they turn out as well and will try and remember to report back when they graduate in mid-November.

I bought 20 each of S&G's breeds to see how they perform in my pastured system (a slightly modified version of the Salatin method) and how they turn out. Thus far the Grays are noticeably larger than the others and seem to "rule the roost."

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Also interesting to note how the French approach the raising and preparing of their food. For example, in the US it's illegal to sell an unwashed egg. In France, it's illegal to sell a washed egg. They understand that there is a natural protective coating on the eggs that ideally should be left intact until the egg is used. The USDA prefers we scrub them in (filthy, recirculated) egg wash containing chlorine and the unavoidable chicken poo remnants. And remember, egg shells are porous and therefore absorb some of whatever they come in contact with...

Check out the Label Rouge program. Impressive.

http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/labelrouge.html

 

[DesertChickens]

Thanks, UncleHoot, for putting up this thread. All the contributors have really answered a lot of questions for me.

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

I too want to add my thanks, even though it is many months later, I am just finding this thread and have appreciated all the info greatly. Thank you.


This spring I plan on getting a batch of FR for a sustainable meat-bird project; I will be keeping them and breeding them, F2 plus more generations, then selectively breeding them mainly interested in size, and continue on until I have something that is stable.


Can anyone tell me which place I can buy the best "quality" FR, or are they all basically the same?


Thank you again!

 

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Good for you! I think this is the best thing we poultry keepers can do is to develop regional production strains as was the norm in times past.

Nature's Harmony Farm in Georgia (www.naturesharmonyfarm.com) has taken the redbro naked neck and did that. Redbro is the official name of what JM sells as freedom rangers. They have the second and third generations they are developing for their CSA. They renamed their strain the Georgia Red Neck. I've heard that another place on the east coast has the redbro. They do not have a website but take orders via mail and phone only. I found this from another post.

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