I culled my first cockerel, now what?

[cavemanrich]

I don't think the seasonings I used would work well for tacos.

Well,,, Tacos was just a suggestion.. That ground chicken can be used for a plethora of recipes.

 

[ChickenChick46]

Well,,, Tacos was just a suggestion.. That ground chicken can be used for a plethora of recipes.

I use ground chicken basically anywhere I'd use ground beef. One of our stores here sells ground chicken for $3.15 a pound. The 73/27 ground beef is like $6.99 a pound, and it's all grease. I'll save my money, thanks, lol.

 

[redinator]

I use ground chicken basically anywhere I'd use ground beef. One of our stores here sells ground chicken for $3.15 a pound. The 73/27 ground beef is like $6.99 a pound, and it's all grease. I'll save my money, thanks, lol.

Right, I usually use ground turkey for most things calling for 'ground meat', so I hadn't looked at the price of ground beef in awhile. When the store was out of ground turkey I looked at the price of ground meat and I laughed and walked away. We ended up eating Tuna Helper instead of Hamburger Helper, lol.

 

[ChickenChick46]

Right, I usually use ground turkey for most things calling for 'ground meat', so I hadn't looked at the price of ground beef in awhile. When the store was out of ground turkey I looked at the price of ground meat and I laughed and walked away. We ended up eating Tuna Helper instead of Hamburger Helper, lol.

Yep! It's nuts. We had a family gathering a couple weeks ago with my in-laws and my mom, and we all discussed buying a whole cow together and splitting the cost and the meat.

 

[redinator]

Yep! It's nuts. We had a family gathering a couple weeks ago with my in-laws and my mom, and we all discussed buying a whole cow together and splitting the cost and the meat.

Cows aren't even on my radar, but goats . . . nah, not those either. My friend Adam has some and at least once a week he starts a conversation with . . "Guess where I found the goats today . . ."

 

[Poultrybonkers]

I process my males at 12 weeks anything older they have rubbery legs. I’ve crock potted them,ovened them nothing changes that. 12 weeks they are so tender. I noticed the older the bird the darker the legs get probably because they use them. lol

 

[redinator]

I process my males at 12 weeks anything older they have rubbery legs. I’ve crock potted them,ovened them nothing changes that. 12 weeks they are so tender. I noticed the older the bird the darker the legs get probably because they use them. lol

Yeah this one stayed longer than it should've

 

[tlcmurphy]

You could also just eat the breast meat, feed the leg meat to the dogs or something

 

[redinator]

You could also just eat the breast meat, feed the leg meat to the dogs or something

The breast meat was scarfed up quick. I'm gonna try a few things with the leg meat to see if I can salvage it before giving it to the dogs.

 

[McChooky]

I took a screenshot of of a recipe @Ridgerunner posted a while back.
I have 2 cockerels to choose from when I harvest my rooster in April (he will be 3 yrs old)The 2 cockerels will be 7 months old by then