what age to eat extra Sussex cockerels

[patandchickens]

what would you do, if it were you? Wait til they are bigger, but tougher and have gone thru more feed, or would you eat them at 12-14 wks or so and be done with it?

Also, would you keep just 1, or also a spare? I expect to have something like 6-7 hens, also might toss the 2 ISA Browns in with them.

Thanks,

Pat

 

[greyfields]

15+ weeks minimum and then they'll still be pretty funn looking once you remove the feathers

 

[patandchickens]

ok, thank you! Yes, I know they will be small and scrawny and not grocerystorelike

But I may as well eat 'em since I've got 'em. I like chicken n dumplings

Thanks,

Pat

 

[greyfields]

Me too!

 

[fullhouse]

Really? I have a 10 week old sussex and he is as big as my smaller (RIR) hens! I don't think I'll eat him though

 

[dangerouschicken]

We processed ours at 16 weeks and they were pretty good sized. They didn't look strange though. They looked tasty