Free Range Christmas Cockerel (3kg+)

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Short Description:: A slow-reared & fabulously free range cockerel weighing over 3kg. Fans of chicken will love its rich flavour. Perfect for a Christmas Eve or Boxing Day treat or an ideal whole bird for a smaller Christmas gathering.
Free-Range:: Free-Range
High-Welfare:: High-Welfare
Award-Winning:: Award-Winning

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Product Info

Weighs 3kg+ / Serves 6 - 8.

100% free range chicken.

No Allergens.

Product Description

A slow-reared & fabulously free range cockerel weighing over 3kg. Fans of chicken will love its rich flavour.

Perfect for a Christmas Eve. A Boxing Day treat or an ideal whole bird for a smaller Christmas gathering.

Comes with giblets for stocks and gravy.

Cooking Instructions

Remove your chicken from the fridge & place in a roasting pan at room temperature for as long as comfortable. It saves cooking time and oven energy.
Preheat oven to 180°C / 160°C Fan / Gas 4.
Remove trussing band and season your bird liberally with salt inside & out. Insert Pop-Up Timer into the thickest part of the breast.
Place in oven at 180°C for approximately 35 minutes per kg (see timing table).
As soon as the thickest part of the chicken breast hits 68°C or the timer pops, take the bird out of the oven to rest.
Leave the chicken to rest for up to 1 hour uncovered. Minimum 30 minutes. It will continue to cook with the residual heat but not overcook. Leave uncovered for crispy skin!
Chicken Tip: There is no need to add butter or oil to a Copas Chicken.
Click for Carving & Cooking Instructions

50 Reviews

5
Superb

Posted by Josie on 14th Jan 2024

Delivery was flawless. Packaging was great and very reusable. It smelled quite strongly when it came out of the packaging but now I realise that is just how real meat smells. It made a beautiful and incredibly tasty Xmas centrepiece and even better stock on Boxing Day. Will repeat. Far better than turkey!
5
Christmas cockerel

Posted by Carol Keller on 3rd Jan 2024

Very happy - the cockerel was very tasty and moist - perfect!
5
Cockerels X 2

Posted by Mrs Sarah Roberts on 2nd Jan 2024

DELICIOUS! Always the best - thank you Copas
5
Cockerel

Posted by Bryan Neville on 1st Jan 2024

A very tasty treat. A pleasure to experience the super efficient collection service.
5
Cockerel

Posted by Joanna Kidd on 14th Jan 2023

Absolutely superb meat
5
Free range cockerel

Posted by Bryan Neville on 4th Jan 2023

A really tasty treat at Christmas
5
Cockerel

Posted by Alasdair Hardman on 3rd Jan 2023

A very tasty bird. Ideal for two over the Christmas period. Easily cooked.
5
Christmas Cockerill

Posted by Malcolm Sparkes on 2nd Jan 2023

Moist and tasty
3
Cockerel

Posted by S. Walker on 2nd Jan 2023

We are long standing Copas clients but this was the first time with a cockerel. Size was good and it was plump. Easy to cook but the breast meat was tough. The legs were tender though. Juicy and moist all over and lots of juice to go into the gravy. It looked just like your picture when we took it out of the oven. I wonder whether the turkey direction of starting to cook upside down might have helped or not.

1. Remove the chicken from the fridge 30 minutes before cooking.
2. Preheat the oven to 200C (180C Fan)
3. Season the chicken and put in a preheated tray for 20 mins.
4. Then reduce the temp down to 180C (160C Fan), and cook for a further 30 minutes per kg.
5. Check that the juices run clear at the end of time using a skewer to the thickest part of the thigh.
6. If the juices are not clear, cook for a further 10 minutes.
7. When cooked remove and rest for at least 15 minutes.

See our videos on how to cook and carve...

When you complete and check out your order you will be able to select one of the following delivery or collection options.

For Christmas Orders

Collect from Copas HQ at Kings Coppice Farm, Cookham. Drive Through on 24th December or at our Christmas Fayre on 23rd December (if we are good Father Christmas might come!)

Click & Collect from one of our partners across the South East.

Nationwide delivery by our nominated couriers on 22nd December. Your order will be packed in recyclable insulated packaging and will be dispatched on a pre 2pm next day service. The delivery fee covers the delivery service, packaging, insulation, ice packs and fulfilment. FREE DELIVERY on all orders over £175 at Christmas.

Year Round & Non-Christmas Orders

Collect from the Farm in Cookham (SL6 9UB), we are open around Monday to Friday 8:30am to 5:00pm, excluding Bank Holidays. Weekly nationwide delivery, arriving Thursday each week. Deliveries are sent out in recyclable insulated packaging with ice packs on a pre 2pm service weekly. The delivery fee covers the delivery service, packaging, insulation, ice packs and fulfilment.

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Collection and Delivery

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