chickens galore
In the Brooder
yes i used the broom stick, it went well,for, me not mr t, hung him all night then went back today to skin him, but he is still stiff as a board, so will leave him a bit longer then try again, the pullet he injured i spayed with purple antiseptic and is in with some 10 week old growers and is giving them hell, so im thinking she will be fine.Well done. Did you use the broom stick the second time or some other means? I hope the pullet gets better soon.
I normally love chicken skin but I have to say, having gone to the trouble of plucking and slow roasting my first cockerel, I found the skin to be the most disappointing part. It was so tough! I had soaked the dressed carcass in a salt bath for a couple of days in the hope of tenderising it so maybe that changed the texture of the skin or maybe it was just that the bird was too old... he was about 30 weeks. The others are now about 50 weeks. I might try peeling the skin and feathers off the next one, but I'm a firm believer that meat has little flavour without fat and the skin is the tastiest part.
thanks for every ones helcarolyn