What are your experiences with Red Ranger Broilers?

[Compost King]

If you end up keeping a Red Ranger Female breed him to her, the worst that can happen is that you get a small chicken, but being half Red Ranger it would be a meaty small chicken that puts on size rapidly.

 

[nicalandia]

It's not the size of the meat bird that matters as much as its the rate of growth.

This is what most people don't understand. You could cross a bantam rooster to a meat bird and You can still get fat F1 in less than 14 weeks. These birds have been bred to gain as fast as possible

 

[Yogi Hollow Farm]

This is our first year raising meat birds and the local ag supply store suggested all female red rangers to make our experience satisfactory. He said roosters can be challenging. That said we have had them since two days old. They have been hearty birds that have grown fast with 12 hrs on and 12 hours off feeding. Feed consumption appears to pale in comparison to Cornish x from what I have read. All healthy and now 9 weeks. Plan to process at 10-12 weeks. Weight of largest is 5lbs. So going to monitor weight for processing date. We have enjoyed raising them because they are super easy. They have a large coop with a large fenced in run so they forage, get greens from us and are safe.

 

[Yogi Hollow Farm]

This is our first year raising meat birds and the local ag supply store suggested all female red rangers to make our experience satisfactory. He said roosters can be challenging. That said we have had them since two days old. They have been hearty birds that have grown fast with 12 hrs on and 12 hours off feeding. Feed consumption appears to pale in comparison to Cornish x from what I have read. All healthy and now 9 weeks. Plan to process at 10-12 weeks. Weight of largest is 5lbs. So going to monitor weight for processing date. We have enjoyed raising them because they are super easy. They have a large coop with a large fenced in run so they forage, get greens from us and are safe.

Oh and forgot to add we have 16 of them.

 

[Yogi Hollow Farm]

This is our first year raising meat birds and the local ag supply store suggested all female red rangers to make our experience satisfactory. He said roosters can be challenging. That said we have had them since two days old. They have been hearty birds that have grown fast with 12 hrs on and 12 hours off feeding. Feed consumption appears to pale in comparison to Cornish x from what I have read. All healthy and now 9 weeks. Plan to process at 10-12 weeks. Weight of largest is 5lbs. So going to monitor weight for processing date. We have enjoyed raising them because they are super easy. They have a large coop with a large fenced in run so they forage, get greens from us and are safe.

 

[Compost King]

He said roosters can be challenging.

I noticed that they start to become a challenge about the perfect time to harvest them for meat. The males grow much faster than the females (males seem to be 2 weeks ahead of females around slaughter time). If you really like them try straight run next time if that's an option because I believe you can handle the males after handling a batch of females.

 

[Yogi Hollow Farm]

I noticed that they start to become a challenge about the perfect time to harvest them for meat. The males grow much faster than the females (males seem to be 2 weeks ahead of females around slaughter time). If you really like them try straight run next time if that's an option because I believe you can handle the males after handling a batch of females.

Good to know! Thanks so much. I’ve already learned so much here

 

[iwltfum]

Good to know! Thanks so much. I’ve already learned so much here

I purchase male freedom rangers exclusively and raise them in 35 bird pens. I never have taken them longer than 12 weeks and 8 weeks is my standard butcher age so I don't know how ornery they might get after reaching full maturity, but I've never had a problem with the all male batches that I run. There are always a few females in the mix because, you know, hatchery sexing is an art not a science, but I've never had any fighting or picking going on that I've been concerned about. The males are always a bit bigger too so that's a plus.

 

[Yogi Hollow Farm]

I purchase male freedom rangers exclusively and raise them in 35 bird pens. I never have taken them longer than 12 weeks and 8 weeks is my standard butcher age so I don't know how ornery they might get after reaching full maturity, but I've never had a problem with the all male batches that I run. There are always a few females in the mix because, you know, hatchery sexing is an art not a science, but I've never had any fighting or picking going on that I've been concerned about. The males are always a bit bigger too so that's a plus.

That’s great to know. Thanks