It was, my texture averse wife and barbarian child both were picking at the bones like a pair of perfect heathens 

 Nice! 😂 

 I tend to do soup or just make bone broth with them. 

 roosters are always tough. known to be so. the only way around it is to slow/low cook, which is why they are usually just used for soup and stock. 

 That’s good to know. The tough one was actually a hen. I just culled a rooster yesterday though and didn’t want to be tough again. Sounds like soup for dinner tomorrow night 😋 

 How old are these culls? 

 They about 7 months 

 Oh, yeah they gonna be decently tough regardless of how you age them post harvest.


Ive got about, 6 more roos that gotta get gone asap. I think theyre about 5 months, maybe 4.5.. either way i just go by when they start crowing at stupid hours all the time.

Its like a dinner bell! 

 Hahaha that’s a good tell tell sign. Thanks for the info 

 I had recently heard earlier this summer to let them age in the fridge for 24-48. This particular one had been in there for almost a week. 

Ive also eaten same day as butcher on birds that were barely old enough to harvest and have had them tough.


24-48 is my rule now unless its a matter of survival