5 hours, alot of blood & guts but a freezer full.

[Tugger1]

Well we finally got rid of the Cornish X's. It took 3 of us 5 hours to process 44 of the smelly buggers!!
I kept out one of the smaller hens for din-din tonight and just for fun weighed her and she was 8.4 dressed!!! I can't wait to weigh one of the big roostets as we have a lot of big boys!!

 

[Beth G.]

Wish I had some to put up myself. It's looking like I only have 2 roosters out of the 20 straightrun I picked out this spring.

 

[Hillsvale]

congratulations... you guys must be speed demons, there is no way we could process that many in 5 hours! We processed 7 last weekend, 8 Saturday, 7 yesterday and have 40 more ready in about 2-3 weeks and another 29 in about 6 weeks!

 

[Tugger1]

We had it down to a T.

Hubby and neighbour would go catch and kill, then hubby would dip and pluck (we had a wicked plucker!!) Then the neighbour and I would gut and clean. We would do 10 at a time then bag and run to the freezers we would take a 10 minute beer break and go at'er again.

The neighbour roasted one last night when all was said and done he said it was delish.....we had pizza

 

[BillT]

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It would be a good idea to let them "rest" in the refrigerator a day or two before freezing them - It makes the meat more tender.

 

[Salt and Light]

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I read this a lot but has anyone ever actually "tested" to see if this is true?

 

[silkiechicken]

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I read this a lot but has anyone ever actually "tested" to see if this is true?

If I can get a bird into the pot before it goes stiff, it is eatable. If you let it get stiff, which can be in as little as an hour, it can be very rubbery. The longer it sits, the more tender it gets as it starts to break down.

 

[Tdub4chiks]

Aahhhh! Nothin like a beer break! Good Job.

 

[CMV]

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I read this a lot but has anyone ever actually "tested" to see if this is true?

Yeah. The meat is like chewing tires once rigor has set in. Delicious tires yes, but I don't like my meat bouncing on the plate.

We just processed 30 CXs over the weekend and I am glad it's over. Processing birds in 85 degree heat is miserable. And stinky. Those babies were huge! I have never done CXs before now and I can see what all the hype is about. Those things were the size of small turkeys at 9 weeks.

 

[EZZIEMAE]

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