Then...there's Ellen. She's done gone broody and she's mad cause I kicked her out of the pen had taken over so I could move Ira. Ellen will get over it.
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I haven't GF hens, but I would if I needed to cull numbers. I bet they taste like chicken!Do any of you ever eat your game hens? Curious....
No, seriously, I would. If I only had a couple and didn't want to bother with plucking, I would skin them. Depending on how old... cook low and slow. I had a few cockerels last year, so just skinned them. Let the carcasses rest in salt water in the fridge a couple of days, then froze some and also had dinner (crockpot!) Not the same as what you buy in the store of course or even something like a dual purpose bird, but still very good, at least to me.Do any of you ever eat your game hens? Curious....
No, seriously, I would. If I only had a couple and didn't want to bother with plucking, I would skin them. Depending on how old... cook low and slow. I had a few cockerels last year, so just skinned them. Let the carcasses rest in salt water in the fridge a couple of days, then froze some and also had dinner (crockpot!) Not the same as what you buy in the store of course or even something like a dual purpose bird, but still very good, at least to me.
The meat can be tough if you don't let it rest. Also the cooking method makes a big difference too.So far we've only butchered and eaten 1 rooster (GLW, not GF). Even though he was only 9 months old, he was REALLY tough. Almost inedible. I still have 3 of these adopted GF hens and now 9 chicks (1/2 GF, 1/2 GLW). DH and I wondered about eating them. With the little cornish game hens we get from the store, we would deep fry them in the turkey fryer. One for each person. They were pretty good...but then those are raised for eating. These clearly aren't.... We do plan on butchering pretty much all of our roosters (except breeding stock) when they get mature.
Anyway, I just wondered if anyone else eats their chickens.