Bantam cockrels worth eating?

[jimma207]

I want a flock of bantams for eggs,( I live in the city limits) but can only get them straight run. I have experience with the quick field dressing of a pheasant(breasts only). Anyone ever try this with a bantam? thanks

 

[rhoda_bruce]

Just kill more of them for a meal is all. Any chicken is good. I like bantams. I have a few smaller araucanas. I ate my extra roosters. I mean, what else you gonna do with them? If you want a happy, productive flock, you have to kill the extra roosters to save on the feed and save on the fights. Just do it. If you like them, go for it.

 

[dancingbear]

Why not use the whole bird? Just like you would a Cornish game hen? They'd be about the same size. It just seems like a waste not to use what you can. People eat whole quail, not just the breast. They're even smaller.

 

[bel]

I don't do processing / culling but if I had a chicken that small in the freezer I would roast it then throw it in a soup pot.
Heck I made soup with 3 leftover spicy bbq drumsticks and a bantam would have more meat than that. (was good too, added carrots, celery, daikon (like a turnip), can of kidney beans and some spicy steak seasoning, it was enough spicy smoky chicken soup for my family of 3.)