For sitting in the cold shack--when you occasionally have to grab a wet fish. I wonder if they make warm gloves for cleaning. It's been a long time since I've gone ice fishing.
I figure some people must have good luck with them, otherwise most of these breeds would be long gone.
I will say, processing day is much easier when the critters drive me bananas.
Basically the BBW was quiet, and you process them younger. The heritage beasts are noisy.
My neighbors have a Cocker Spaniel. I've never known a Cocker Spaniel that wasn't a noisy jerk. All the other dogs around here are some variety of cattle dog, so basically I'm surrounded by noisy...
SOO... I know everybody's tolerance and patience will be different. Get a broad-breasted. seriously. I'll happily deal with dual purpose chickens for meat, but I'll never purposefully bring home any heritage turkeys ever again.
I wrote up a rant about my experience with heritage turkeys...