White Cornish: Building a Quality, Sustainable Flock for Meat and More.....

[Dave C]

Excellent weights

It's what I'm striving for although I have a bit of work to do yet before I get there

Keep posting FD this is a very interesting thread

 

[Fat Daddy]

I cleaned up and vac-sealed this weekends butcher last night.... Freezer is filling up! I don't put the wings in vac-seal bags. They just don't last that long! ;-) If you haven't tried vac-sealing for yourself you really should try. Done right food will last a scary long time in the freezer. I recently found a bag of chukar (a real treat) that was dated more than 2 years ago.... No sign of freezer burn and seemed as good as the day I put it in...

 

[Fat Daddy]

Butchered 8 more yesterday. One more empty pen. This group was right at 18 weeks and all cockerels. One was close to 8 lb. Most were around 7 thou. Nice big leg quarters and huge wings! Make great "cave man chicken" on the beer fire! One more pen of cockerels left of around 8 younger birds. The plucker makes the whole deal so much less work....

 

[Fat Daddy]

Had a little get together for my bride's birthday on the farm. We have a little park by the pond. Good place to just hang out. Some of the birds I dressed last week. THIS is "Cave man chicken" on the beer fire!

 

[KoopOnTruckin]

Great thread FD! It was a very good read, and I look forward to reading more as you continue.

I'm currently working on my own meat project, and if I can get to those weights even by 20 weeks, I'll be thrilled. I'm using dark Cornish and White Rocks mainly, likely going to try them together, separately, and any other combinations I can come up with.

 

[Bigshooter]

I'm really excited, I found Standard White Cornish. I'm getting a trio. They are 4 months old and I pick them up this week.

 

[Bigshooter]

Fatt Daddy Here is a pic of some of his stock. How does it look?

 

[Kiki]

I'm really excited, I found Standard White Cornish. I'm getting a trio. They are 4 months old and I pick them up this week.

How exciting! Congrats!

 

[lpatelski]

I'm really excited, I found Standard White Cornish.  I'm getting a trio.  They are 4 months old and I pick them up this week. 

Where did you get them?

 

[Bigshooter]

Where did you get them?

I found them on Craigslist. Sounds like they were for showing at the fair.