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We just finished with our first batch of Freedom Rangers, and we're going to be doing it again in the fall. We didn't let ours out to free range, because we were splitting them with other folks, so I was afraid of losses. I think this fall, I may try free ranging them a bit and just accept that there might be a few losses.
Our birds did produce a lot of waste (not sure how the volume compares to CX's) but we had no cases of flip, leg problems, or any other health issues. They weren't nearly as mobile as our layers, but they were more active than I'd imagined. We harvested our birds at 9 weeks. I think we could have done them or the majority of them at 8 weeks old. I was surprised that they grew out that quickly because I was expecting to do them at the 10-12 week mark.