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I do wonder if anyone with The Livestock Conservancy is from a rural area, and if they know much about that time period to the present day. It does seem a lot of their information is akin to fairy tales. In the rural area where I am from, the younger birds were preferred, and the older birds were soup, if used at all. Sometimes they weren't worth the trouble, and that is coming from people who let nothing go to waste. It just seems like some suburban yuppie fascination. I would be horrible at marketing, because I am too honest.
I kinda think the age restriction is a bit silly, but it is what it is. If you think about it, the Delaware was known for 12 weeks to market weight. That was it's job before the chicken of tomorrow stuff played out and a big reason it was so popular.
At least at 16 weeks the meat is still pretty tender. Proper cooking techniques certainly help after that point.
I do wonder if anyone with The Livestock Conservancy is from a rural area, and if they know much about that time period to the present day. It does seem a lot of their information is akin to fairy tales. In the rural area where I am from, the younger birds were preferred, and the older birds were soup, if used at all. Sometimes they weren't worth the trouble, and that is coming from people who let nothing go to waste. It just seems like some suburban yuppie fascination. I would be horrible at marketing, because I am too honest.