Typically I'm such a tightwad that you'd think I would have given more attention to the amount of feed I had to give these birds in exchange for the number of pounds of meat I harvested. Next time I'll try to keep better track.
But perhaps I really didn't want to know, just like I don't try...
Well, you'd think that somewhere during this process I'd get myself a kitchen scale to measure how much meat was coming from these chickens. But, with all the demands of raising, feeding, cleaning, butchering, cooking, & serving them I just never got around to it.
Each time I'd butcher I...
Last October I ordered MMH's "All Heavies" assortment, 25 standard breed rooster chicks. This order had White Leghorns, Delawares, Buff O's, NH & RIR, Americaunas, Barred Rocks & Black Stars. This being sunny South Florida, I raised them first in a box on the patio, then out in a tractor once...