We hatched ten chicks in April. Three of them escaped and died in the great June massacare (probably a fox) - that is better than last year when only one survived.
Now there are only six (4 females) as we decided to see how a cockeral would taste at around 3 months. The year before last we left them to reach a better size and let them grow to 6-9 months. At which point they were v tasty but had to be slow cooked in a covered dish with some liquid as they were quite tough.
This one I roasted 'normally' without the liquid and uncovered. He weighed 650g before cooking so I stuffed him to make sure he didn't dry out.
He was quite tender and tasty. With only 2 cockerals left we can't do a thorough taste test od them at different ages, but we will eat another in a month maybe.
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