red star roos - carcass pics

[Mon27]

Congratulations!! I think it looks great! I am raising many breeds simultaneously including Red broilers and White Plymouth Rocks. I may end up in the same boat. But for first time, if you have dinner, you win! I am keeping a log of my experience on here so maybe it will help some people not have to learn the hard way like I probably will.

 

[Pele]

I just processed three RIR 32 week old roosters that I got off of Craigslist for free! Much better way to get your roos, imo. We have plans for them in a traditional coq au vin recipe.

 

[Baymule]

Rooster Salad

When you hatch your own chicks or buy straight run.......you get excess ROOSTERS! And if they are a layer breed, then the roosters are slower to mature than CX and have less meat. So here you have a lean and small 3 month old rooster that you are tired of feeding because you know you are NOT going to keep him, what to do? Beyond sending him to freezer camp, how to cook a chewy rooster?

Boil (simmer) one dead rooster, preferably cleaned, all afternoon until meat falls from bone.

Debone the meat, toss bones to dogs that are drooling all over the kitchen floor, watching your every move with intent stare.

Cut the meat into bite size pieces, or for ya'll that barely chew and wolf it down like the dogs do, half bite size pieces.

Chop 2 stalks of celery.

1/2 cup chopped pecans or your favorite nuts.

1/2 pound seedless grapes, cut in half.

1 small can water chestnuts, drained and chopped

1 small can of pineapple chunks, drained

A glop or two of mayonaise, just enough to hold it all together.

Chill and serve.

 

[Elke Beck]

When I have an older cockerel, I do my version of Poulet en Cocotte. Salt and pepper the chicken generously, stuff a quarter of a large onion in the cavity, then place in a Dutch oven or other pot with a tight lid. Cook in oven at 300 to 325 degrees for 2.5 to 3 hours. Do not add any veggies or liquid. Discard the skin and take the meat off the bones. Skin the fat off the juices and drizzle over the meat. It is amazing.

 

[skeeter]

you can cut up then par boil the pieces then cook as you would a store bought fryer, they taste like chicken not cardboard

 

[Buster52]

I must be stupid, it looks super good to me! Seriously. It's absolutely fabulous. Why so disappointed? The 3.5lbs. of meat? Can you break it down by pound? How much money in feed? Curious.

I'm guessing at least $12 to $14 to get that size. Breaks down to $4 or $5 a pound for not a whole lot of meat. Which is fine, if you have the time and money.

I'm done with non-meat birds, unless I get them off craigslist or auction for next to nothing, then just for stew birds. We some times process our stew hens, but I won't have roos on my property unless they are meat birds of some sort. Not worth the time or trouble.

I might change my mind if I ever start hatching my own, but for now, nope.