[sion01]

I have manager to buy 5 light sussex cockerels cheaply(a quid each).I put them in the hut where my layers used to be but I have no experiance of fattening chooks for the pot.They are 10 weeks old and a bit thin but a good size.What should I feed them .Are they too old for growers pellets or too young for fattening pellets.Would corn give them a nice yellow carcass.Can I mix pellets and corn???
How old should they be when I slaughter them.All tips greatfully recieved.A game keeper friend will kill them humanely so theres no worries on that score its just the bit between now and then that I have a problem with.

[Casey76]

Light sussex wont be table weight until about 26 weeks.

I have one who is 14 weeks, and although he is the biggest of all my cockerals he is the lightetest, especially in comparison to the special table birds.

You can feed them growers/rearers or grain.

There's only so much corn (maize) can do.  Light sussex have white skin (you can get specific hybrids which have yellow skin)

[sion01]

Thank you great help

[Sassy]

I culled my light Sussex cockerels at about 23 weeks and there was plenty of meat on them although, of course, there may have been more if I had waited longer! I used growers to feed them

[Spana]

Yeh, agree with all above.  The traditional breeds take a lot longer to fatten than something like a sasso.  The old boys used to say a chick hatched in March would be ready for Christmas. 
I've tried several things including bread and milk as John Seymour suggests in one of his books.  I haven't found any one method better than the others.
 I feed growers and wheat.
Some we cull at 16-18 weeks, skin and take the meat off the bones, no plucking and gutting then.  They haven't got enough fat on then at that age to make good roasters but its excellent for stir fries, casseroles and quick frying. 
So if you cant keep them until  6-7 months old try that