Raising Freedom Rangers for meat chickens. You won't be disappointed, here's why!
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- čas přidán 30. 07. 2021
- Just a short episode this week to mark the end of our Freedom Ranger's tenure here at North 44º. This was a nice group of birds. Vibrant, healthy, excellent foragers. They dressed out between 4.5-6.5 pounds at 12 weeks. This is a great alternative meatie for anyone who can't stomach the problems associated with raising Cornish Rock X.
Awesome short filming, especially when the truck pulls away and the dog seems to be saying goodbye to the chickens he herded and protected around the property from the hawks, owls, and coyotes. He has an integral part and thoroughly enjoys his duties in raising chickens and turkeys as meat birds. So nice of you to reward him in the end with the leftovers from the preparers. Nothing goes to waste! Kudos!
Thank you, Fisher Man! How observant of you to notice such subtleties. Radar is doing very well for a young cattle dog. His new specialty is gently breaking up chicken and turkey fights!
I love my Freedom Rangers! They are also excellent egg layers too! I bought the butchering kit on Amazon with the cone, knife, defeathering attachment for the drill but I just can't do it.. my friend handles it for me. I'm currently working with mine by X breeding them with Breese in one pen & Silkie in the other, just for my own experimentation and so far things are looking promising. Just a few weeks off we will see if the meat from these crosses turns out okay.
Wow! What a cool experiment! Keep us posted!!!
Wow that video was very refreshing! Thank you so much for showing us that!
Thanks so much for watching, Black Sheep!
Still catching up on all of your terrific videos. The content and comments are so true to life and capture our sense of humour. We will never understand why people don’t click ‘like and subscribe’, it’s so friggin easy, I mean, what’s the harm! Thank you for all your efforts, Brenda and Yves … Rose Bay, Nova Scotia. We have a little 3 acre homestead. 🇨🇦⚓
Thanks so much for sticking around Brenda, & Yves! Wow, Nova Scotia.. we're almost neighbors!
Thank you for posting this. We are raising cornish cross now because wearein a rush for 2inter prepping. The genetics are just CRUEL. We find that a breed that can't live past 10 weeks to be against nature. There are not a lot of videos on the rangers except for the cost, so it's good to seesomeonepost about the geneticsand health. Again, thank you. You make our spring Tim choice easier
Thanks so much John, they really should be a much better known option! Help spread the word to your fellow homesteaders.
We are interested in meat chickens as soon as we have the space for them and I agree about the cornish cross. I find them unethical (my personal thoughts, others are free to disagree). Rangers are the current top pick for our future meat birds. We want our own sustainable breeding flock of rangers for meat, along with surplus roosters and aged out hens from our laying flock as a long term goal.
I raised broilers in my backyard suburbanstead last year. I'm looking for a sustainable chicken that I can use and Freedom Rangers are under consideration. Thanks for sharing. Subscribed!
Thanks, Kentucky! If you're going to try sustaining them I'd suggest separating out your chosen breeders and putting them on a lower protein diet so they'll have an easier go at it come mating time. Good luck!
Our fur kids get chicken treats when we bring ours home too! We also freeze all the feet, they love them! 😊👍❤️
My father in law wants us to raise these. Highly sought after by Chinese people if raised a particular way
Hi Ash, that's interesting! We love them. Once you raise them, you may never do another breed again.
I have raised Cornish cross for years with no problems but the freedom ranger spikes my interest
I find the freedom rangers taste better than the cornish cross. They are less rubbery of you let them go longer. I just wish we could breed them ourselves.
I'm seriously contemplating trying. I've heard conflicting opinions about whether or not they breed true. Only one way to find out for sure...!
I believe you seems like most commercial
Chicken products today are tough and rubbery
@North44farmstead did you try? I'm thinking about it...
What kind of tree with berries?
Mulberries!
Doesn't look like the butcher shrink wrapped them very good... mine are completely shrink wrapped, no air at all!
Yeah, out of 50 I'd say 10 are always more airy than we'd like. Will lodge the complaint when we see them again for next harvest in July!
Hi everyone!
Before the Cornish rock
Hybrids took over the broiler
Industry the delawere and new Hampshire were the
Favored breeds in the broiler industry
On a side note pure bred heritage
Cornish are awasome meat birds
But unfortunate rather slow growing
such a grear video. I miss my mulberry tree!!!
How much on average is charged to process per bird?
It's gone up to $1/lb here. Ouch!
Oh wow that’s a lot. We’re looking to raise about 25 and been going back and forth on if we should do it ourselves or not.
@@HaleysHomestead Honestly, if you're not having to sell them at market like we are, I would just do it yourselves!
Are the roosters aggressive
Hi Matt. Out of the hundreds I've raised, I've only ever had one that was super aggressive. His name was Bones. What a beast!
What is the size difference in a ranger and a cornish cross? My family are big breast eaters
The breasts are bigger on the Cornish, but they're more flavorful on the rangers.. and could be bigger if you're willing to let them go an extra couple weeks!
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@@North44farmstead do you have a video of a carcass of both to show side by side ?
What breed of chicken has big breasts like a cornish cross ? Would love to find something we could switch too
@jenniferbunker2757 sorry, I don't have a video, but the rangers are your next best option for great breast meat!
Já me escrevi muito bom
Obrigada, Criatório 🙏
on the farm culling is much kinder to the bird. transporting is stressful. Also, who decapitate birds as a means of culling? In-humane. kosher cull is preferred.
Thanks Sarah. Of course we don't decapitate to cull. And I wish we could afford to build our own inspected facility so we could process our birds here and sell them at market. I agree transporting is stressful.
What is a kosher cull?
What tree is that with the berries?
Mulberries!
The dog told them your time has come to an end, the humans need to lick their fingers
I do not pluck, I rip skin off, then you can have feathers
Hi Archie, do you use them for fly fishing??
I hang em along with pheasants feathers , went into a shop and seen how much they sell for.
I have fly fished without a fly pole on fast.
12-14 weeks?
Yes 👍
I would rather wait a few extra weeks to bring a chick
To market size then
To deal with the problems
Of carnish rocks
The dog told them your time has come to an end, the humans need to lick their fingers