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Hard to remember when mine started, I think eight-nine weeks? I'm pretty sure we butchered at 12 weeks and I know they were crowing for some time. Would have waited longer but they were starting to rip the pullets feathers out instead of just their own. Still averaged 3.5lbs dressed, but they...

Durn, I hit post. My mother canned all their older tougher chickens, great for chicken n biscuits, pot pies, soup stews etc. You can can all you have shelf space for and it last years without any refrigeration.

I use gallon freezer bags or my vacuum sealer for anything I know might be in the freezer for a long time. Chest freezers are a pain if your constantly digging through them. I use card board boxes and paper bags to prevent damage when digging. They also make large bags for chickens that you put...

That is why I am going to try my hand at caponizing, capons don't crow, and better yet don't fight. And it takes heritage breeds past fighting age to be big enough to butcher, one advantage of cornish x frankenbirds is they are ready before breeding fighting age, and even if they were, are too...

And thanks KCMasterpiece, I've been wondering what birds might be in the deal. I know they change. If you do it again and want certain breeds, keep a eye on what is available, maybe we can look ahead to see what might be extra as far as roo's go. I'm going to try it when I order mine.

That was cottage cheese, I think that helped bring the weight up, I get it for free. I edited it. Using phone. I'm scared also, seven was a lot of work by hand. I'm building a drill plucker now. I've never caponed either, I figure a 100 will give me good practice, and at .29 each +feed, I wont...

Oops, hit reply! 100@ .29 cents a piece. I will be caponizing them more to keep them from fighting so I can grow them out to full grown.

I bought the chicks I wanted, and ten "leanns adopt me" mystery chicks from meyers. I ended up with seven roos to put in the freezer at twelve weeks. I would have growed them out longer but they had been fighting for awhile and started to harass the pullets. One polish roo was only 2.8lbs, the...