Is it ok to wait till 12 weeks to do Cornish Cross?

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We have 9 x-cross that are coming up on 10 weeks. Due to some unexpected issues I won't be able to process them for like 2 weeks. Will it be ok to wait till 12 weeks or will that make then too old and they turn out tough?

Thanks in advance,

Theresa
 
They will be very large. Very very large.

But they shouldn't be 'tough'. 'Tough' is a rather loaded term and means a lot of different things to different people.
 
My cornish crosses are 10 weeks old right now. I just butchered my first male, not my biggest one, mind you, just my slowest one! (I have them in a 20' x 20' area, with electonet fencing, that I move every 2 days.) With neck and giblets removed (saved, but not weighed with the carcass) he is exactly 10 pounds...so if your birds gain like mine did, figure 10+ pounds for the boys, and maybe 8 for the girls.
The last time I raised them I butchered at 6 weeks and they were 3.5 to nine pounds (neck and giblets weighed with birds). Good luck!
I let them go this long because they're still VERY mobile! I kind of want to see how big they can get!
 

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