Best way to cook 8 month old Black Australorp

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I now have a 4.4 lb chicken resting in my fridge. If I decide to roast him would anyone recommend brining first?

I would.

It will only help sweeten his outlook on life.

I brined two wild turkeys for 12 hours, that I killed last year, and who knows how old those two birds were.

I put them in a smoker and everyone loved them, this past Chirstmas.