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Not sure this is totally the right thread or not but. Tough bird, you can chicken soup it or what I tried just to see if it'd work and it worked wonderfully. Sous Vide, works with beef, well why not chicken. I put the pieces in a bag with spices on them, put in hot water at about 175 Degrees...

Again, thank you, Ill have to digest all this and figure out what he has, and what we can do with them. Perhaps I may get some that are known, according to your guidelines, and go from there so we have a known starting point already. Well darnit, now I need a bigger pen..... why does this...

Ty again for the info. Yah, roosters, The farm down the road a little bit has 5 that I know of, they start about 2 am, then ALL of them start, and they go, and go, and go.... and go :( Often folks are doing the Backyard Chicken thing, live in areas with an HOA and Roosters are forbidden...

ok, so each is their own entity on crowing. I'll have to put a decimeter next to the scale and butcher knife, when either one tips to a certain level, dinner time. TY for the replies. Aaron

Is that variation by bird to some extent or pretty much by species / mix ? In other words, if I had a dozen of XX breed, should I expect them all to pretty much start crowing at the same time or is there going to be a several week span when each one will start? Thanks Aaron

Thank you VERY much for the detailed response. One other quick question. You say you butcher them around 8 to 16 weeks ... ish. If they are cockerels, are they crowing already? Maybe a better question, about what age Do roosters start crowing? Can you kill them before they get to that stage...

Feeding them at night. I see where it helps you, because it gets them in the pen, you might want to try the hand full of snacks trick. i grab a small handfull, just a large pinch really of scratch grains, click and they come running, throw it into the pen, they all run in after, then slide the...

Thank you for the reply. My thought process was, free ranging, they are getting a LOT of exercise .vs. being penned up, and the muscles growing a lot more, hence possibly tougher meat because of this. I was thinking of free range to help cut down on the costs to feed them a bit, then thought...

A quick semi related question. Thinking about the raise to eat thing myself. Free Ranging them, since we are culling them at what? 8 to 16 weeks depending on breed, if you let them free range does it make the meat significantly more tougher or does it not make that huge a difference because we...