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Been wanting to weigh some so why not?
They are from 2lbs 12oz to 3lbs 4oz. Boy they sure do jump up and do their little hunger protests, when I open the door. I checked the water they hardly drank any since going to fermented feed, must be the catfish 😂 according to the chart, looks like these are around 4weeks old already. Dang I may have to push up my processing date before they eat me out of house and home.
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A CX hen I processed along with the last group of WR and WR/BA roosters today. She was 7 mo. old. All of them were free ranged until recently when I penned them up to get them off the land and in close quarters for easy catching and processing.

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The roosters were all about the same age as her and even more fat, which is unusual for roosters but I've found that's not a bit unusual for WR and WR mix roosters.

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Fat is flavor if your a commerical grower. But for us do it yourself'ers, fat is more flavor. 9 month old CCX wow, 9 weeks old.is the recommended butchering age for CCX. Just goes to show that free range is the way to go.
 

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I butcher mine around 90 days. I get 6-8 pound carcasses.
 

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I've never went 12 to 13 weeks, I start feeling sorry for la stinko's about 9 to 10 weeks.

I usually take mine to 3 mo. of age, but this girl was an only bird, so I left her until I got around to killing the cockerels. She wasn't having any trouble getting around, though she couldn't get up on the roosts with the boys.
 

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I like they are all plain white and not really feathered well. Less to pluck. And, some of my excess cockerels are so pretty, hard to do them in. ;)
 

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