Butchering is done. The two largest weighed in at 4.5 and 4.25 lbs. I debated putting the next two back in the pen, but decided the chaos of two more cockerels in there with a heat wave coming on wasn't worth it. They weighed in at 3.75 and 3.5 lbs. Another week or two on those would have been nice, but overall, I'm reasonable pleased with the weights, and am hopeful that they will be good eating.
One lesson I learned is that I have to space out my hatching better. I just had too much going on in the breeding pen at once (1 rooster, 4 hens, 6 cockerels, 2 pullets and 7, 7 week old chicks). If I didn't have the 7 chicks in there, I could have subdivided the coop, to isolate the cockerels on one side to let them grow out a bit more.
One lesson I learned is that I have to space out my hatching better. I just had too much going on in the breeding pen at once (1 rooster, 4 hens, 6 cockerels, 2 pullets and 7, 7 week old chicks). If I didn't have the 7 chicks in there, I could have subdivided the coop, to isolate the cockerels on one side to let them grow out a bit more.