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You all make some very good points. I am not opposed to spending money on nutritious food, we buy organic when able, but we are feeding 3 small children and already spending an atrocious amount of money on food every month. (currently we do not buy organic meat, so it would be a huge upgrade in...

is conversion rate 2lbs of feed for every pound of live chicken? or the other way round? Will my freedom rangers lay eggs so I can breed more meaties rather than buy them? bucketgirl-I am a little horrified at $25-$35-/chicken, but DH pointed out yesterday that the cost to feed each bird may be...

Hubby and I just talked about this today, that fresh farm range chicken must be more filling than the crud at the grocery store for 3.50/lb! So you are saying that 600 pounds of feed plus some treats and grass will get your 25 chickens to slaughter weight? That's 24 lbs of feed per chicken...

Hi! New here. This summer will *hopefully* be my first time owning chickens. Definitely going to get 6 or so layers, and considering meat chickens. I'd like to get freedom rangers from JM Murray as I have small children and no time to do intensive management schemes. Feed, water, get eggs, weed...