In today's fast-food environment, all chicken products taste pretty similar...that is until you taste a Wapsie Produce capon. These poultry delicacies are raised and processed to be old-fashioned luxuries in a hurry-up world.

Each spring, Wapsie Produce begins growing rooster chicks at its Capon City facilities and with its network of independent growers. These chicks are surgically de-sexed at three weeks of age to neutralize the muscular development of the birds and contribute to the tenderness and flavor of mature birds.

The birds are well-fed for about 16 weeks until they weigh 8-10 lbs. This is double the life span of conventional chickens, adding to the cost, but making the birds more of a special dinner centerpiece. Wapsie Capons are not fed growth boosters, hormones or other stimulants. The long growing process naturally produces a high-weight bird with well-marbled meat.

Cooking capons takes the same attention and care as growing them! They are best slow roasted and make an ideal holiday treat.