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Healthy and heartyI ordered 25 to arrive at the beginning of September. The intention was to graze them in a Salatin style chicken tractor through my backyard and process them prior to the first freeze.

I got 28 including the mystery chick, which turned out to be a New Hampshire cock. It appears there were 25 X rock cockerels and two Cornish roaster pullets. I processed half the cockerels at 9 weeks, the other half at 10. They were big birds! I’ll probable start processing them at 7 weeks next time. The pullets were done this weekend (13 weeks). They carried lots of body fat, while the cockerels were very lean. The birds were healthy, the meat is great, and it’s fun to watch the New Hampshire stroll around the back yard reminding me to get a spring order together.

AMAZING!I ordered 25 of these and you sent 26 not one died. There was one runt but she is still alive. I butchered 10 of them at almost 7 weeks old. They ended up being 3.5 Lbs ea, this might not sound very large but when they are practically all meat that makes up for it one that was 4 lbs was large enough for 9 people.