Has anyone eaten a polish chicken?

[muslw4]

I have a neighbor that has polish roosters. she wants to sell them as meat birds. I don't think they would be good for meat since they are a couple years old. But we are curious, would polish be worth the trouble in processing? I wouldn't think there would be much meat on them.
Thanks for your input.

 

[sourland]

They, of course can be eaten. Would they be worth the effort? Perhaps for soup/stew they might be. I would skin them for easier processing. I surely would not buy them.

 

[muslw4]

Thanks, I did suggest just giving them away to someone that would use them for stew meat. She can't bring herself to do it, which I cna't blame her since I can't do it either. Unfortunately, what else can you do with roosters that aren't used for breeding or are pets....except spend money feeding them.

I'll make the dumplings if someone can skin the bird!

 

[sourland]

If Illinois were not so far from the East coast, I'd skin those birds just to get some of your home made dumplings.

 

[goldfinches]

I just watched a bit of secrets of a restaurant chef and she made coq au vin with an old rooster.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/anne-burrell/coq-au-vin-recipe/index.html

 

[RockerHen]

I gave a friend a bunch of 2-3 year old birds for processing, and a polish rooster was among those I gave her. She said, cooked slow, he tasted just fine