The 9 month old was a Leghorn mix but the 1 year old rooster was a show quality Speckled Sussex. He was beautiful and I hated doing it but he was just too aggressive and way bigger than I like my roosters to be.
I doubt if either one of them would fit in my crock pot.
The 9 month old we ate had really dark legs and thighs. Never seen legs that dark and we eat a lot of home grown roosters. The breast meat (what there was of it) wasn't as dark but it wasn't white meat like I was used to. And it was tough too.
Trust me get a bigger crook pot! I wonder why so dark and tough. They free range but do you supplement their food with anything?