How to breed meat birds from Freedom Rangers

[Old flock yet new]

I apologize i thought that is what they were asking..I just had some one ask me in person.plus a comment about breeding cinnamon queens. For some reason there was a thought cause I have a jersey giant male that my cinnamon and orpington would make a jersey. I have a couoke other breeds they are hybrid like the queens. Trying to explain i will only get pure giants from giants they are heritage. I keep getting looked at like I have lost my mind . Lol. I promise it's somewhat there

 

[Lake Tom-A-Shawna farm]

Hi all, my neighbor was talking about breeding his own Freedom Rangers from stock that he purchased. I tried explaining the concept of terminal hybrids, and tried to explain some of the comments read here on BYC about how to breed them. I told him he should hatch out 20-40 chicks from this stock, weigh them at 8 weeks, then cull the smallest 50%, and repeat this 4 times over two years, to get a repeatable meat bird with growth rate similar to the original. He wanted to know if he should keep the parents for the next generation, or just breed the siblings? I would like to know, should he cull both males and females irregardless of gender, just by weight? This might mean that fewer female are left for breeding. Any tips would be appreciated. Thanks!

We are in about our 4th or 5th generation of breeding from our original 6 freedom rangers and 1 rooster. We keep the largest hens and 3 largest roosters each season and rotate them out. We have had very good success in raising quality. Meat birds that continue to dress out in the 4.5 to 6.0 lb range in 12 weeks.

 

[PlotTwistPoultry]

We are in about our 4th or 5th generation of breeding from our original 6 freedom rangers and 1 rooster. We keep the largest hens and 3 largest roosters each season and rotate them out. We have had very good success in raising quality. Meat birds that continue to dress out in the 4.5 to 6.0 lb range in 12 weeks.

When you say rotate them out, can you explain that to me like I'm I'm a child? I blame getting off of work for my brain not working.

How many hens do you keep for those three roosters?