Freedom Rangers 6/23

Just a few shots of the Freedom Rangers taken this morning. They are now 8 weeks 5 days old. A lot bigger than the little hatchlings they used to be, but no where near as big as I'd hoped they'd be at this age. I'm not sure if they are simply not liking the Texas heat or if they are just genetic duds! Maybe I had to high of expectations for them. At any rate, I don't think we're going to be butchering at 9.5 weeks as planned. I weighed a couple yesterday and they were between 4-5 lbs. Sure not big enough to make it worth butchering them. I'm guessing it'll be closer to 11-12 weeks. They better be a LOT bigger by then! I'm starting to think plain old Cornishxrocks don't sound so bad now.