Question, after butchering the rooster, how long do you wait until cooking? I culled one and cooked the same day and it was tough as leather. Cook method, pellet grill.
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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