RedBro Freedom Rangers- 6 weeks old-PICTURES

[blue90292]

yeah, they're from a picture that barbara had posted on her website when she still had freedom rangers. i think she had them listed as "golden" rangers, but i could be wrong. i think joel has them listed as tri-color. i just know they're really pretty.

 

[PineBurrowPeeps]

WOW These are gorgeous!!

I like how fast my CC grew but I found myself hiding them on my farm from view because they are so fugly!

These guys are really nice looking, I wouldn't mind having them out in plain view! Are they really smelly like the CC?

 

[TexasJoe]

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how true!!

 

[dangerouschicken]

These things look as big as me before gastric bypass

!!!

They are huge!

Are you eating them yet?

 

[SandraMort]

Yes, I was hoping to have single serving size birds/poussin/cornish hens for Thanksgiving. At 4 weeks, the biggest are 1 and a bit pounds (live, of course). I'm hoping they're 2-3 live by the next CT processing event and I can bring up a bunch of birds.

What kind of quail was that, anyway? Is that a coturnix? JasmineBell was cooing and squealing about how cute they are -- I know next year, she'll be upset if we don't get any... and upset if we eat any. *sigh*

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[Katy]

They're too pretty to eat!!!

 

[PurpleChicken]

Yeah, they really are. You should see them all grown up. We'll get some new pics up later.

I was having a hard time bringing myself to cull them but one of the 10 week old roos
attacked my foot last night. He's gonna be delicious.

 

[Acre of Blessings]

I can't wait to taste our mean ol roo. There won't be much meat though, he a White Leghorn with an attitude.

 

[PurpleChicken]

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My first roo was a leghorn. I promised him I would let him have offspring before we culled
him. Yeah, it sounds foolish, but I'm a guy.

So we put lots of his hens(all different breeds) eggs in our bator and hatched a bunch.
We culled all the roos. They weren't huge but they made a good pot of soup each.

DangerousChicken has a real good post about how she fried up some leghorns.
I think this post may be one of my favorite all time BYC threads. The look on her hubby's
face is classic.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=59449

 

[Katy]

So are these like cornish crosses.....they aren't meant to live past a few weeks?