The Freedom Rangers, Label Rouge, and otehrs are alternatives to the fast growing, fall over dead faster than you can say chicken nuggets, cornish x rock crosses. They are slower growing but are healthier. It used to be people developed their own and along the cornish x way they all went the way of the dodo. Most of the dual purpose and capons were neglected for 20 years or so. People are starting to see the ills of cornish crosses commercially raised and are going to the newer created specialty breeds. I think in teh UK they have similar breeds with similar made up names. They are created to grow faster, produce more meat, and eat less, if you can get all that in a healthy chicken. Many of them use cornish x or cornish genetics. Nothing wrong with that I dont think as long as they can walk after two weeks or so.
