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Hello all,
We need some advice here.
I've only raised the commercial white chicken variety before...
Does anyone have experience with butchering Barred Rock cockerels? I am having trouble finding out at approximately what age I should butcher them. Online I found one source that said they butchered their roasters at 3.5 months. Does that seem right? What signs should I be looking for? three and a half months seems to me a bit young.
a barred rock isn't a huge bird to begin with.
I'm thinking I'd wait til 6months.
That's about when a chicken becomes "mature" (22weeks).
You can wait longer and get them larger
but of course they start to get tough and become "stew Chickens".
Any ideas
Thanks much
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Hello all,
We need some advice here.
I've only raised the commercial white chicken variety before...
Does anyone have experience with butchering Barred Rock cockerels? I am having trouble finding out at approximately what age I should butcher them. Online I found one source that said they butchered their roasters at 3.5 months. Does that seem right? What signs should I be looking for? three and a half months seems to me a bit young.
a barred rock isn't a huge bird to begin with.
I'm thinking I'd wait til 6months.
That's about when a chicken becomes "mature" (22weeks).
You can wait longer and get them larger
but of course they start to get tough and become "stew Chickens".
Any ideas
Thanks much