Murray's Big Red Broiler is an updated version of our old favorite, the Red Ranger. A new cross produces a table bird in just 12 weeks. Just like its predecessor, Murray's Big Red Broiler is a great pasture bird and excellent forager. If you want a broiler without any of the fuss of fast growing CXR's, this is the bird for your table. Everyone who raises their own meat birds know that they have a better taste than anything you can buy in the store. Take our VP's advice and spatchcock these, a little salt and pepper and bake for the best roasted chicken ever.
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QUICK STATS
Type:
standard
Egg Color:
brown
Egg Size:
extra large
Egg Production:
better
Meat Production:
best
Heat Tolerance:
good
Cold Tolerance:
good
Disposition:
good
Weeks to Maturity:
12
Freerange:
excellent
Skin Color:
yellow
Comb Type:
single
Likely to sit on eggs:
not at all likely
Bird Size:
large
Exotic:
no
Leg Style:
clean
Leg Color:
yellow
Male Mature Weight:
10 lbs
Female Mature Weight:
7 lbs
ALBC Priority:
none
AVAILABILITY
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Q&A
I got 10 reds from you for meat production. What is the recommended feeding schedule? Are these 12 on 12 off like the CXR's. Thank you I couldn't find anything on it.
You do not need to pull the feed at night when raising Murray's Big Red Broilers. However, we do recommend keeping the Broiler Booster in the drinking water until butcher day.
how heavy do they get??
A medium growth broiler, I believe, the males get 6 lbs around 56 days.
Something said on your website was confusing am I buying eggs or live baby meat chickens
This is the newly hatched chicks. We do not sell hatching eggs for the meat birds.
Can you breed these?
They are not recommended for reproduction.
Do redrangers hens set on their eggs?
No, they are not known for setting on their eggs.
how old do chic's need to be to go outside in a tractor in florida
The red rangers can be moved out between 4-6 weeks depending on weather and how feathered they are.
How many eggs a day will they lay once the birds start laying.
The most any breed of chicken can lay per day is 1 egg.
Included in my order of 15 red ranger cockerels were 3 smaller white male chicks. Each bore a red mark on top of their heads. At 7 weeks they are half the size of the red ranger. Can you tell me what extra breed you sent me. thank you, pat jacobs
The large cone works best for heavy meat breeds. But you may be able to use a medium if they are 8-9 weeks old.
Sorry to be repetitive, but I ordered the Red Rangers last year, and have already stuck some eggs in our incubator, not realizing they were hybrids. Now I see you mention that they are not recommended for reproduction. Will any even hatch?
Thank you for your time and response!
They should still hatch. They are just not recommended for reproduction since they are hybrid.
can I mix turkeys and baby chicks in the same shipment to reach the minimum order? thank you.
Sorry, we are unable to ship turkeys and chickens in the same order. They are hatched at different facilities for disease control.
will the red rangers reproduce would they make good heritage chickens?
The are not recommended for reproduction because they are a hybrid.
best tasting meat bird ever!These red broiler females were our first attempt with broilers that were not the standard cornish rock. Our order was just females. The chicks were sturdy, calm, experienced no losses or illness, and practically lived at the feeder until around 6 weeks old. Like all broilers, they make lots of poop, and aren't terribly active. They showed little interest in going outdoors for the first month or so, and would be the only birds still in the chicken house (in a flock of 100 birds). Eventually they did start going outside, and once they did, they foraged reasonably well for birds that are so heavy. They ate lots of grass, and tried and mostly failed to chase down moths and cicadas, but they tired easily and spent lots of time resting in the shade. I kept these birds on a high protein crumble to meet their protein needs and they grew fat and heavy by 10 weeks. We started processing them at that age, and continued through 14 weeks. These are flat out the best tasting chickens we've ever had. Far better than cornish rocks. I don't know why they taste better but it was obvious in a side by side comparison. I also compared them to the American Bresse, reputed to be the best tasting chicken in the world. The Bresse was good, but the red broiler was better. We are lining things up to try and grow out another batch before the year is out.
SARA
Extremely DisappointedWe bought 50 Big Red Broilers in June. Chicks arrived healthy and only lost 1, however the birds look like we recieved rhode island red reject roosters. They're very scrawny just like an egg laying breed. No breast. No legs. They fight constantly even tho they have free range access. We plan to cut our losses now and stop pouring feed to them. They'll be lucky to make 5 to 5.5 lbs. McMurray should not represent these as a meat breed. Very disappointed. Not at all their usual quality.
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