Chicken Choices

Here are our new choices in chicken breeds. The white ones are Light Brahmas ,a heavy dual purpose breed. The reds are a meat, broiler type called Freedom Rangers.  We have been trying different breeds of chickens for several years now in a effort to find the perfect breed for our farm flock.
 The Freedom Rangers are a replacement for the standard White Rock-Cornish cross broilers we usually get. While those guys grow fast they need a lot of expensive grain to do it. The Freedom Rangers are a much more active bird and should do better with a least part of their diet being pasture. Time will tell.I hope to get them on pasture tomorrow
 The Light Brahmas have the traits we think we need for our farm flock. Dual purpose, small comb and feathered feet for our cold winters and not so improved that they are never broody. The light part of the name refers to the color rather than the size. We put them in their chicken tractor last week. They seem to like it and really hunt for bugs and tastier bits of greens when we move them.