Our Australorb babychicks are usually born in spring, half of them male. We can only keep one rooster, as roosters tend to fight other roosters. The young males have to be butchered before they are mature, at 3 months old, or be castrated. If you raise your own chickens here is a link: farmanimalreport.com. They are then called capons. They grow large and fat and docile, up to 12 pounds, two times as big as chickens.
Capons taste different, less like game meat, more delicate, tender meat, juicier than turkey.
We stuff the capon with dried prunes and a bruised stalk of lemon grass. We bake tender vegetables in the bird drippings: winter beet, leek, turnip, squash, onion, celery, carrot, and mild spices.
Instead of basting, I cover the whole bird with aluminum foil.
If you do not use capon for this recipe, you can use a large whole young chicken.

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