Blooie, I usually bring them home on ice and bag and freeze them right away. It sounds like I should let them rest a few days in the refrigerator before freezing them. I will try doing this when I get a few more butchered.
Thank you.
They can be a mix of young and old. My husband purchased a meat bird to raise through the summer and have butchered in the fall to fill our freezer. We also take some of our older birds, 2-3 year old, at the same time. Unfortunately, you can't keep them separate at the butcher to know which...
Annalog - Thank you for your experience. We are lucky to have a local chicken butcher so I take a bunch over when I am ready to thin the flock. I have not been able to bring myself to do the task myself.
My question is a bit off topic, but when I bake or slow roast these chickens they are...