whole chickens

[RockyPhoenix]

when i have my roos butchered every fall i sell them for 5 dollars a piece.....is that to cheap? thanks!

 

[fasbendera]

Are they Cronish X or the roos from your hatch of standards? If they are Cornish X depending on size I would say yes to cheap. If they are standard roos no doubt to cheap since they take longer to get to butchering size you have alot more feed in them. Around here people pay 10-15 for a farm raised Cornish. See what the market will bear and adjust your price next year.

 

[exsia]

Way too cheap unless they are standard breeds that you're butchering at 2months old. That's what I charge... and there's no meat on those guys! If they are standard breeds that are 5months and over, you can easily get $10.00+ each alive

 

[Kim_NC]

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Exactly what I do/was thinking. For the most part we sell them live, then butcher and eat any that don't sell. We make the butchering go fast with them - skin them, cut boneless, skinlses breast, can the dark meat. Make stock from the carcasses. (No plucking - we save that for Cornish X we intend to sell.) We leave a few just cut-up for coq au vin recipes.

ETA: You'll get much more than $5 worth of food out of them if you process them.