So today while driving through one of my towns I was near the city and I found a live poultry Market....lollll... apparently you pick out the type of poultry you want and they'll kill it for you and clean it and you can buy it fresh.... or now the Big Four you could also take them home and process them yourself.... so I got the idea of let me stop in and see what they have I may be able to pick out a couple good chickens for a decent price.... to my surprise it was impeccably clean...
On one side they had hundreds of white leghorn that came from a battery hen Farm wish you could clearly see by their condition and missing feathers those were a dollar 99 a pound live weight... then there were the red sex links that came from a battery Farm same price then on the other side they had beautiful pullets that looked like a sort of Barred Rock but they weren't extremely heavy at all and looked to be around 14 to 16 weeks and then they had brown ones with black tails I'm guessing they were some sort of red ranger or Freedom Ranger they also had Cornish cross which you could clearly see because they looked like round basketballs that could barely walk so I got two of the brown pullets with black tails for $25 you can't beat that price it's been so hard to find chickens in my area since this whole covid Breakout everyone's been buying everything on Craigslist as soon as it gets posted and people are charging 50 $60 for sex links..... so I brought home these two gals and right now they're in quarantine but they seem to be in great body condition they don't look overweight at all... actually they weighed about four and a half pounds each 9.6 lbs together...now to get to my question does anybody have adult Freedom Rangers? I've read on other sites that they actually lay well and don't get grotesquely overweight and they are considered as a dual-purpose breed by some.... overall I'm happy with my purchase it was pretty much a steal even if I do use them for meat later on.... any input would be helpful thank you so much guys
Aldo
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On one side they had hundreds of white leghorn that came from a battery hen Farm wish you could clearly see by their condition and missing feathers those were a dollar 99 a pound live weight... then there were the red sex links that came from a battery Farm same price then on the other side they had beautiful pullets that looked like a sort of Barred Rock but they weren't extremely heavy at all and looked to be around 14 to 16 weeks and then they had brown ones with black tails I'm guessing they were some sort of red ranger or Freedom Ranger they also had Cornish cross which you could clearly see because they looked like round basketballs that could barely walk so I got two of the brown pullets with black tails for $25 you can't beat that price it's been so hard to find chickens in my area since this whole covid Breakout everyone's been buying everything on Craigslist as soon as it gets posted and people are charging 50 $60 for sex links..... so I brought home these two gals and right now they're in quarantine but they seem to be in great body condition they don't look overweight at all... actually they weighed about four and a half pounds each 9.6 lbs together...now to get to my question does anybody have adult Freedom Rangers? I've read on other sites that they actually lay well and don't get grotesquely overweight and they are considered as a dual-purpose breed by some.... overall I'm happy with my purchase it was pretty much a steal even if I do use them for meat later on.... any input would be helpful thank you so much guys
Aldo
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