Why We Won’t be Raising Heritage Meat Chickens Next Year

Why We Won’t be Raising Heritage Meat Chickens Next Year

Almost everyone who raises chickens for meat chooses Cornish cross, because they mature quickly with great feed conversion. A second popular choice is red rangers or freedom rangers. As an experiment, this year we raised an assortment of heritage meat chickens to see how they compare. While the birds were beautiful and fun to watch,…