Please identify for me

NewbieChickster

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May 2, 2016
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My wife bought 6 straight run Red Rangers. I keep telling her that 5 are roosters and 1 is a hen. Is the second one photographed a hen or is it even a Red Ranger? I have pictured the 6 of them below. They are currently 10 weeks old. How much longer do I wait to have them butchered? I don't have a working scale, so it will be a crap shoot when I take them to the Amish gentleman to have it done.






 
My red rangers are 10 weeks old as well. Not yet ready for butchering-- I'll give them 2 more weeks.
The #2 pic is a pullet, the rest are roos.
Have you considered keeping the pullet? They start laying early @ about 16 weeks and produce lots of double-yolkers!
Red rangers grow slower than CX's but they don't go down on their legs which is a plus. Next year I am raising only Red Rangers.
You can butcher any time now-- your choice on how big you want them to get.
 

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