. I picked up a 5.68 pound whole chicken, and took it home to cook in the crockpot.
I just rinsed it off, added 2 cups water and a little salt and pepper on top of the chicken. It just barely fit in my crockpot. The neck and giblets were still in there because it was still frozen solid. I had to leave it because I had to go to work. I cooked it on HIGH for about 4 hours (until I got home after work). I was able to go home after about 2 hours and was able to get the giblets out, but couldn't get the neck out. I figured it didn't matter since I planned on using the broth.
Here is my chicken all cooked. It looked and smelled really good. Since it was late I sure didn't have enough time to let it cool and separate it off the bones.
I pulled it out of the crockpot. It lost a wing in the process, :-) I set it on this plastic lid that goes to my glass cake pan. The lid gets used for everything but the pan I think. LOL! I let it cool for a while then wrapped it in plastic wrap and put it in the fridge. I also saved the broth. I didn't get pictures (it was late) but I had one and a half cottage cheese cartons of broth.
The next evening I separated the meat from the bone.
This chicken produced 36 ounces of meat and about 2-3 cups give or take of homemade broth.