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I hear ya! You and I have VERY similar goals...just with different breeds. I love watching your progress and learn nearly as much from what you are kind enough to share on here as I do from my own breeding projects. Thanks for sharing!

I still think you should consider NNs. Plucking is MUCH faster and the skin is nicer and crisps up beautifully. Here's the prize cockerel from my latest hatch: He weighed in at 1.3 lbs at only 4 weeks of age. Another of my favorites is this boy: He's 3.6 lbs at 10 weeks.

This breeder isn't in your area, but they do ship: http://eightacresfarm.weebly.com/ I know someone who bought some New Hampshires from this breeder and is completely blown away with their quality.

I'm with you on not cooking the heads, but I sometimes cut off the combs and throw those into the stock pot.

I know what you mean about all of those roosters crowing. I also have 14 right now plus I just hatched a few more. About half of my roosters are so affectionate with me that I think of them almost as pets, which makes it rather hard to cull them. In the last few hatches I've tried really hard to...

More coops...more property...more chickens....LOL! I totally relate to that! Actually, NNs are my primary breed and like you I've been working diligently towards producing a nice meat line. I'm also keeping a pure line of NN and am trying to reach SOP standards with them, plus an egg line that...

I've been reading through your project with great interest, and I'm really impressed with how far you've come. I hope this doesn't come across as insulting or presumptuous, but have you considered adding some Naked Neck Turken blood to the mix to reduce processing time? That reduction in...