Pheasant, grouse etc. is some of the best poultry you can eat. If you raise chicken virtually wild, they will taste almost the same. But if you tried to kill one and throw it on the grill immediately, it would not be edible.
If you put it straight in the freezer, just let it age when you get it out. If it is in our kitchen fridge that gets opened a lot, it doesn't take as long, but in the dedicated meat fridge in the basement it takes longer. We have gone two weeks, but you run the risk of losing it. Right before...
We do not raise Cornish X. Our birds are often four to six months old when butchered. If we are going to kill one and eat it, it sets in the fridge for a week before cooking. Maybe even ten days. If we are freezing they set for about four days, and then we will put them back in the fridge for a...