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Impractical to raise chickens in cities where it's illegal to butcher them. The egg laying tapers off at 3 years, but they'll live to ~10 years. That's a pet, o

• y04nn 10y ago
  You can eat it after 3 years.
  • 50CNT 10y ago
    Not if you are unable to butcher them.
    • 4ad 10y ago
      Of the many problems 3rd world countries have, this is not one of them.
• pc86 10y ago
  The inability to butcher the animal is definitely a problem. I'm not well versed in this area, is it typical to butcher a chicken after the egg laying tapers off, or does it typically happen before/much after? If you're doing this for convenience, it may be worth making a trip out of the city to have someone butcher them when the time is right. If you're doing this to save money, it's likely you don't have an easy means of transportation for something like that.
  • cmurf 10y ago
    If it's a male, typically butchered young, 40-50ish days. You only need so many roosters, and they're loud once they get old enough to crow. In most U.S. cities, crowing roosters are illegal, but mainly that's because it pisses off the neighbors. Butchering elsewhere might work. Seems like a pain. And seems like there could be a limit on how many you can butcher rather than making it illegal. E.g. Denver, I think you can only have eight chickens at a time anyway. Age wise, eating chickens are always young, less than 50 days. Some people might butcher the egg laying chicken at first molt when it'll stop laying eggs for 1-3 months. Others do it at 2-3 years when it tapers off. These are tougher meat chickens but they stew fine.