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Are you talking live or dressed weights?

Thanks everyone. It's just two of us at my house so we don't even eat one whole bird at a time right now haha. So maybe I'll shoot for the smallest bird being in the 4-5 lb. dressed range, and if some are bigger, that's good too. I just had nothing to base this on as I've only processed chickens...

Okay! So that's about a 5.5 lb live bird, correct?

When raising meat birds, what dressed weight do you shoot for? Last time, our CX birds were 6.5-8.5 lbs. dressed, and they were pretty huge. Not complaining but I'm not sure if I need THAT huge. However, I also don't want to process too early and have scrawny chicken pieces (thighs, breasts...