Can you eat roosters?

[FrankiesFamFarm]

Great thread - I'm in the same boat. Have roosters that are 12 weeks but one is crowing (loudly) and I'm a bit concerned with neighbors.

Also - is there a recommended YouTube tutorial for first time butchering?

Thanks all

 

[FrankiesFamFarm]

Oops - sorry. For some reason the post before did not show until after I posted. I think that is what I need on tutorial side. Thank you!

 

[Owain1]

Since I'm not allowed Roosters where I live. We ate the one that we ended up with. I really wanted to go through the whole process. I figure I eat meat so I need to be able to kill and butcher it. I have to say that I use only organic feed and It tasted better than the store. There are a lot of youtube videos about how to do it as humanly as possible. Definitely, do a little research if you haven't done it before & it will make the process go pretty smoothly.

 

[APalk]

Can I eat roosters that are fed on layers pellets and corn mix? TIA

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Can I eat roosters that are fed on layers pellets and corn mix? TIA

There's no reason you can't

 

[Klutch]

Rooster are yummy, I prefer to dispatch after they hit puberty at the least.
Slow cooker works great.

 

[ChikinInThePines]

Roosters contain higher levels of naturally occurring arsenic, clostridium botulinum and...Im joking. YES, roosters can be eaten! We had to shrink our flock a little bit by culling 4 roosters and they are just as good as store bought chicken. Maybe A LITTLE more tough, but it does depend on how you cook it.