I was looking at the different chicken sizes and trying to figure out if it's better to get three small birds or two larger ones. Has anyone here done actual testing on this? Say a size 12 vs a size 19 bird?
Chicken Yield According to Size?
Alley Cat on 05/07/2025 - 17:05
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Costco roast chicken is gross compared to cooking your own. I even find them gross to Colesworth as well. Stopped buying Costco roast chicken, just wasn't worth it.
Colesworth roast chicken is so dry it gives me hiccups when I eat the meat.
Cook your own, once you cook your own, you won't go back.
Idk if many here just like their chicken literally soaking or I just been getting consistently good batches…been years since I had a bad Cole’s chicken
I like red rooster chicken due to the stuffing
I'm too far from Costco, petrol and time costs more :(
while costco is bigger in size …
it is cooked in brine == completely different taste compared to WW/Coles (unless you enjoy salty chicken).brined chicken can go with other cooked = dishes (where there is lots of flavour to offset the brine).
but in sandwiches / salads == no thanks.
Has anyone here done actual testing on this?
The size relates to the weight, so a 1.2kg bird vs a 1.9kg bird in your example.
In theory there should be more meat on the larger bird.
It will depend on what you want to do. If you want to cut it up into pieces, more smaller birds might be better than a larger bird.
I'm just curious about the yield, not taking into account of the flavour or texture. I used to buy two Aldi birds every week when I had five cats to feed, but now I only have one, and we have agreed that she would have the breast and I shall eat the leftovers. If they are organic free-range, I would probably go for the smaller ones because the broth is worth something. For RSPCA/Lilydale ones, I don't generally use the bones for anything special, just meat for the kitty.
and we have agreed that she would have the breast and I shall eat the leftovers
Negotiating with your cat and still ending up with the leftovers. Tough break.
Negotiate? You don't have a cat, do you 😂 I had someone care for her for three months due to a family emergency, got her back two weeks ago, I am still in the dog house…
Pretty sure most of them only lay one egg per day, no matter what size.
A size 19 bird is 1.9 kg.
That's not a chicken, it's a bloody ostrich!
Try to cook that without drying it out and it will be so raw it will still be able to cross the road.
lol I can't help imagining a cooked raw bird crossing the road on a skateboard.
Lilydale is the onlyonewe buy. Everything else tastes awful and the bones are like plasticine. The absolute worst is steggles which we tried once; pumped full of water or worse. Disgusting.
And you'll generally get more meat off two good sized birds than three small - meatvto bone ratios.
Smaller chickens are younger chickens which means their muscles aren't as toned so they're not as tough.
Unless they are large (older) pigeons
it's better to get three small birds or two larger ones
Bigger birds bigger bones and less meat and tougher.
Smaller, younger chicks are best …
Smaller, younger chicks are best …
Check their ID.
Must be at age of consent.
The roast chickens at Costco are cheaper than the dry little birds at Colesworth and are bigger, over 1kg. If Costco roast chickens were size 19, then Colesworth would be size 12 in comparison.