X2 on the resting in the fridge for a few days. I've only culled one mean cuckoo Marans roo, but I knew I didn't want to bother with scalding and plucking for just one bird so I skinned him. Then I brined him in salt water in the fridge for two days. I wanted to roast him whole but was afraid he would be dry so I covered him with bacon because I figured it would hold the moisture in and add flavor. It was delicious!! Tasted like smoked chicken, num, num, num, lol 
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I've got four wyandottes. They all lay but one only lays nickel to quarter sized eggs.... I think she layed fine until she got kicked by one of the horses..... Since then I've been finding the fart eggs. All together, I've got two or three out of twenty hens of various breeds that don't lay (never have). I just let them hang out, but if I we're limited (by law or hoa) to just a few hens, I'd cull and eat and replace in order to keep up egg production.
We are all so different and our circumstances are all unique, you have to decide what's right for you. Good luck with it
. I've got four wyandottes. They all lay but one only lays nickel to quarter sized eggs.... I think she layed fine until she got kicked by one of the horses..... Since then I've been finding the fart eggs. All together, I've got two or three out of twenty hens of various breeds that don't lay (never have). I just let them hang out, but if I we're limited (by law or hoa) to just a few hens, I'd cull and eat and replace in order to keep up egg production.
We are all so different and our circumstances are all unique, you have to decide what's right for you
. Good luck with it
