The culling of male layer chicks has been subject to widespread disapproval and led to its ban in Germany and France. One approach to divert from this practice is the use of dual-purpose genotypes (DPG) with a balanced performance in egg and meat production. Practitioners and stakeholders selected males of a DGP with a focus on laying (C) for on-farm evaluation under organic conditions in France and Germany. In Germany, the medium-growing JA757 (D) while in France the naked neck strain S757N (F) were reared as control groups. Data collection included mortality, feed consumption, live weight, welfare indicators, behaviour observations and carcass characteristics. In Germany, C cockerels were slaughtered at 16 while D at 13 weeks (wks) of age. In France there were two slaughter dates for C and F: 13 and 15 wks of age. In Germany, the carcass weight of C was 1.8 kg and that of D 2.4 kg. Carcass weights (incl. necks) at 13 and 15 wks of age were 2.9 and 3.3 kg for F while C weighed 2.0 and 2.5 kg in France. The FCR of DPG C until wk 13 was 3.7 for both countries, and 2.6 for F and 2.7 for D. In Germany, D showed dirtier breasts and more footpad lesions than C; on behavioural aspects, D spent more time resting than C while C spent more time foraging. DPGs could be an alternative to end the practice of chick culling, and thus fulfil the societal demand for a shift towards welfare-oriented production. A longer fattening period with higher FCR of DPG cockerels may be economically feasible if their meat is sold at higher price than that of usual genotypes. A perspective is to decipher whether they could valorise side products of the food industry to decrease feeding cost. Furthermore, the productivity of the females should be considered for a complete economical analysis of DPG. This project received funding from EU’s Horizon 2020 research & innovation program under grant agreement N°816172.