We just butchered out two young roosters a couple weeks ago. They were bantams that my husband just HAD to have last spring. But then when they started to crow, we had problems and I knew we were going to to have to cull them or give them away. They were a bit tough, even for young roos! But...
My husband and I were having this conversation the other day. We've decided that we are going to try and raise our own chicken for butchering. At first, I thought that that it's probably cheaper to raise and butcher your own meat chickens, but if you factor everything in- feeding them, watering...