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The CRD was MG and many commercial birds already have it anyways. Plus it dies at 104 degrees and since I cooked that bird well there it no way it survived. MG isn't a zoonosis, meaning a disease that transfers from animal to human. So, nope, not scared.
A silkie roo (hens are too...
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Man that looks good... I know I'm getting too into the raising of our babies tho as the Dad in me took over after looking at this realizing I could NEVER cook one of my guys - we'd have to have WWIII and I'd be eating twigs and berries instead...
We sat outside last night in...
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Oh I'm not saying your wrong or anything, so dont take my comment as a harsh thing. I was actually giggling when I wrote it.....
I didn't take it as harsh at all. When I saw you had posted I was anxious
to see what kinda fun you had added to this thread.
People were kinda mellow...
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I won't lie and say that it's not fun to make a thread like this
and get people's responses, or shock.
In reality however, silkies are chickens like any other and I'm not about
to waste them. People who get worked up because silkies are cute
and fluffy do miss the big picture. I'm...
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It tastes just like a chicken. The skin didn't crisp that much on this one.
Next time I may try fried silkie.
The breastmeat was excellent. I brined and aged the birds before
freezing. I wish I could find a 10 pound silkie. It would make a super
broiler.
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This bird tasted real good. I just ate one breast and am waiting
for the rest to cool. The rub soaked in while it turned. Yum!!!
I've always cooked my extra roos, at least the ones I couldn't find homes
for.
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I cooked him cause he's a chicken and was one of many extra roosters.
A few of my silkies came down with CRD (Chronic resp disorder). I had to
cull them all, even the remaining healthy ones, to protect my other and
future birds. I wasn't gonna waste any of them. I have a few more in...
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Nope, don't worry. Kees took Phoebe and a few others. I lost one
of the whites to CRD. 1 or 2 of yours were culled when I culled my
entire silkie flock.