I say on purpose because I do eat them but I don't purposefully raise them as meat. I hatch them annually and we eat 2/3 of the roosters we get (probably 5 or 6 per year get butchered).
I don't care for them because:
1. the breasts although tender (like a store raised 6 week cornish cross) is only about 1/2 the size of a 6-8 week cornish cross, but in 6 months of growth. It's almost not worth the feed it takes to produce the meat. Dollars wise it probably doesn't come out ahead.
2. the hind quarters though as big as a store bird are tough since we free range our birds.
Am I doing something wrong in that the birds yield 3 to 4 lbs of meat in 6 months?
I don't care for them because:
1. the breasts although tender (like a store raised 6 week cornish cross) is only about 1/2 the size of a 6-8 week cornish cross, but in 6 months of growth. It's almost not worth the feed it takes to produce the meat. Dollars wise it probably doesn't come out ahead.
2. the hind quarters though as big as a store bird are tough since we free range our birds.
Am I doing something wrong in that the birds yield 3 to 4 lbs of meat in 6 months?