It's not always about the Cornish x's here.... 15 week old buckeyes

[Brunty_Farms]

Well I had some eggs from my Buckeye breeders this fall and they stopped pretty much all winter until now. However I did manage to get some eggs in the incubator. Yesterday was the unlucky day for the males. Some great results at 15 weeks, weighing around 3 - 4 lbs each I was very impressed.

The first pic is of the buckeyes.... and the second pick is for Jaku.... this is a 18 pound half of turkey.... what your May turkeys will look like. I have to fine tune some of the pin feathers but we plan to smoke this on the grill Sunday for lunch. Hey and I found that SS table at a local scrap yard... just had to buy a new leg... thing was practically brand new as it still had some of the wrap on it. Looks like someone rammed it with a fork lift or something. After I fixed the leg, you couldn't even tell.

 

[lelystad]

The amount of meat and carcass appearance is fantastic but what about the flavour and texture?

 

[Brunty_Farms]

I had one today, they are fantastic. A little more bite compared to the cornish cross, I would compare it to more like turkey than the chicken most of us are used to eating. All in all, they are very tasty. Not very much meat... but good.

 

[petrelline]

3-4 pounds dressed, I assume?

 

[jaku]

Very nice- the HALF was 18 pounds, or that's half of an 18 pound bird?

 

[Kim_NC]

Nice looking carcass on the Buckeyes. And good weight for a non-CX type too.

 

[ijon1]

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How is your Cornish hens project coming?

 

[Brunty_Farms]

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Yes... that is half... I let these guys go until this week. They will be about the size of yours if you let them grow out. The picture doesn't do it justice... but I tried to get a size comparison with the Buckeye next to it.

 

[Brunty_Farms]

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How is your Cornish hens project coming?

Good.... I'm expecting to hatch out some chicks today. In fact one of them is already pipped. I may give the hens a break from the rooster as they are getting their backs tore up a bit. I guess we will see how things go once the chicks hatch.

 

[Brunty_Farms]

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Yes, that is dressed.