Arizona Chickens

[BlueBaby]

@cactusrota All of my Australorp/nn crosses here have been hatching out in black or blue.

 

[cactusrota]

That's surprising that none of them are looking like their moms..... But then this blue boy doesn't look like any of my breeders. It's probably because I hatched so many eggs I increased my chances of certain colors... maybe. Like more spins on the roulette wheel.

 

[SonoranChick]

This blue boy from the Feb 1st hatch is getting downright snuggly!!! He's becoming one of the most friendly of this batch as of late. Such a cutie.
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What a love bug!

 

[Bobby Basham]

@BlueBaby, my cockerels are big enough to eat when they are big enough to be crowing. There may be more bones than meat at 12-14 weeks, but what meat there is is yummy. When they are young a good way to prepare them is spatchcock them and grill them. (Spatchcocking is when you cut out the backbone and flatten out the bird for grilling or roasting.)

How about seasoning them and using a pressure cooker, maybe with some veggies and other goodies thrown in?

 

[BlueBaby]

That's surprising that none of them are looking like their moms..... But then this blue boy doesn't look like any of my breeders. It's probably because I hatched so many eggs I increased my chances of certain colors... maybe. Like more spins on the roulette wheel.

Well, some of my mixed have the fully feathered necks, but most seem to be missing the feathers mostly on the back of the necks and chests with the bigger bowties. Many also reddish-brown on their heads and/or faces too, so I guess they picked up that part from the 3 buff nn hen mothers. As those ones grow, the one's that have the feathers on the necks get reddish-bown tips on the wings. The ones that are lacking the feathers on the neck, are coming in more like the buffs on the neck and chest feathers growing in.

 

[BlueBaby]

How about seasoning them and using a pressure cooker, maybe with some veggies and other goodies thrown in?

Good idea Bobby! if yours turn out good, perhaps you will share your recipe here with us?

 

[Bobby Basham]

Good idea Bobby! if yours turn out good, perhaps you will share your recipe here with us?

Oh no, I have no recipe, just thinking. Since chicken is so versatile, you could probably cook it with all types of goodies, making a sauce and throw it over a bed of pasta.

 

[BlueBaby]

Oh no, I have no recipe, just thinking. Since chicken is so versatile, you could probably cook it with all types of goodies, making a sauce and throw it over a bed of pasta.

Or, if you were a really ambitious person, you could even make some home-made chicken patty sausages? You got to have something to go with them omelets!

 

[Bobby Basham]

Or, if you were a really ambitious person, you could even make some home-made chicken patty sausages? You got to have something to go with them omelets!

I've got a KitchenAid stand mixer with about every attachment out there (still in boxes, as usual), and can grind my own meat and come up with something.

 

[BlueBaby]

I've got a KitchenAid stand mixer with about every attachment out there (still in boxes, as usual), and can grind my own meat and come up with something.

Like ground cockerel patties?