I have a serious rooster problem.

[Maggiesdad]

It's easy. Low and slow. Crock pot overnight. They will get tender.

It's easy. Low and slow. Crock pot overnight. They will get tender.

I butchered a 4 year old rooster. 45 minutes in the pressure cooker and the meat fell off the bone. Might give that a try if you need to thin them out.

When you hatch chicks you always need to have a plan for the roosters, and stick to it!

Yup! There's no such thing as tough chicken - just improperly prepared! Check this pdf out... Cooking with heritage chicken

 

[aart]

Yup! There's no such thing as tough chicken - just improperly prepared! Check this pdf out... Cooking with heritage chicken

Ditto^^^^

 

[Triple Willow]

But I've got 13 chick's that hatched Monday, so I'll have more roosters to figure out. And I've got another 18 set again on Monday, so I'll have to get good at ridding myself of the roosters. I just can't eat a pretty rooster. Lol abs they so often are pretty

They all look the same naked. LOL A friend debones older roosters then cans them in a pressure cooker. She says they are as tender as and tastey as any other chicken. You could do pints or quarts, whatever size you need. That is what I'm going to do with some I have.

 

[missnu01]

I just never like eating adult roosters. I prefer the taste and feel of them before they start to crow...but of course then there's almost nothing to them.

 

[Triple Willow]

I just never like eating adult roosters. I prefer the taste and feel of them before they start to crow...but of course then there's almost nothing to them.

Yes but I don't want to waste good meat. There's too many people that need food. You can make soup, chili, enchaladas, etc. with older chicken meat. What do you think these commercial egg companies do with all those spent hens? Campbells Soup! Ever think about all the food products that contain chicken? That's just like old cows and old pigs - they're all ate too. All this stuff we buy in a grocery store or restaurant wasn't young fresh meat, not at all. And I know our well fed healthy birds will taste a lot better than a lot of commercial culls.

 

[Triple Willow]

This is true. Maybe I will try and eat a few of the ones coming up I have. 2 are bound for the chopping block already. I will eat young roosters. No problem. Might even try eating an older one one day. Last time I tried it was actually a teenage rooster. Had just matured. Thinking maybe trying to eat one at its hormonal peak was the issue all along.

Don't forget to always rest any poultry meat for at least 24 hours (longer is better) after it has been killed or it will all be tough as shoe leather. Either that or cook it as close to immediately as possible - like grandma did. Ahh the good old days, eating chickens fresh from the yard, juicy and tender and fried up all crispy. Yum! lol

 

[Maggiesdad]

Don't forget to always rest any poultry meat for at least 24 hours (longer is better) after it has been killed or it will all be tough as shoe leather. Either that or cook it as close to immediately as possible - like grandma did.

Ahh the good old days, eating chickens fresh from the yard, juicy and tender and fried up all crispy. Yum! lol

My mom, (78yo), fried up a little Sussex x EE cockerel for lunch today - OMG it was soo good! The whole thing cleaned was about a lb and a half... I could have eaten it all.

But Mama can still hold her own with a butcher knife, so I didn't push it!

 

[PFHEthan]

It's easy. Low and slow. Crock pot overnight. They will get tender.

X2

 

[Triple Willow]

My mom, (78yo), fried up a little Sussex x EE cockerel for lunch today - OMG it was soo good!  The whole thing cleaned was about a lb and a half... I could have eaten it all.

But Mama can still hold her own with a butcher knife, so I didn't push it!

Way to go mom! I remember seeing my grandmother take two chickens, put their heads under a broomstick at the same time and pull their heads off. lol Then she tossed them aside and let them flop around until they are bled out then scalding, pickin and dinnertime soon to follow. You're right, sooo good! The meat supply use to stay on two feet out in the yard.

 

[missnu01]

I just never like eating adult roosters. I prefer the taste and feel of them before they start to crow...but of course then there's almost nothing to them.

Yes but I don't want to waste good meat. There's too many people that need food. You can make soup, chili, enchaladas, etc. with older chicken meat. What do you think these commercial egg companies do with all those spent hens? Campbells Soup! Ever think about all the food products that contain chicken? That's just like old cows and old pigs - they're all ate too. All this stuff we buy in a grocery store or restaurant wasn't young fresh meat, not at all. And I know our well fed healthy birds will taste a lot better than a lot of commercial culls.

is most of the commercial chicken we eat not Cornish X? That way they don't have to feed them long before they can process and sell the meat?