What did I Buy?

[CP1900]

What did I buy? Rooster or Hen? Either way this bird is huge at 25 pounds

 

[eggbert420]

Looks like he should have been butchered about 4 weeks ago.

 

[CP1900]

This bird is a pet, I have no intention of eating it...

 

[eggbert420]

Thats a meat bird like kids show in 4h. if they are not butchered by week 8 they tend to get bad legs from carrying all that weight, and don't live very long due to a bad heart.

 

[CP1900]

any idea if this is a Hen or rooster? It doesn't crow and is 20 weeks old.

 

[BantyChooks]

It's a cockerel.

 

[BantyChooks]

Thats a meat bird like kids show in 4h. if they are not butchered by week 8 they tend to get bad legs from carrying all that weight, and don't live very long due to a bad heart.

I agree, sorry.

 

[LadyVictorian]

x2

You are lucky to have kept it alive this long, sadly these birds usually don't even make it to a year old.

 

[drumstick diva]

sorry but, that's the truth.

 

[homestead 101]

X2