California - Northern

[Wishing4Wings]

If you are of the belief that meat grows on Styrofoam trays or you are anti-meat, don't look any further.

Today I "processed" two birds. They weren't real big, but I'm cutting down on mouths to feed and mouths to crow. We only have two people to feed, so young and tender works for me. The two birds were hatched at the same time and were a Plymouth Rock and a Legbar. The dressed weights were within 1 3/4 ozs of each other, 2 3/4 pounds each. The PR seemed much more tender than the Legbar (firmness of the meat).

This is the part I found interesting...................the ahem..................manliness of the two birds, PR on the left, Legbar on the right.

I've heard that the Legbar cockerels develop early and are very hard on pullets. Wonder if this has something to do with it.

Anybody else have aggressive male Legbars?

 

[chicksnthestiks]

definitely tart (i can't stand overly sweet apples), with kind of a raspberry-ish taste too -- or maybe that was just the pink influencing me? they're a variety developed up on the north coast in an area i did some work years ago (Ettersburg, apple developed by Mr. Etter) -- so i HAD to get a tree going. i got mine at Harmony in Sebastopol, but here's some info on them:
http://www.treesofantiquity.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=99

Thank you for the link, tart is what I like. Make the best pies too!

 

[liz9910]

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Ha ha ha that's funny. I bet they will taste yummy! What are you going to make, or just roast/braise?

 

[debs_flock]

Ha ha ha that's funny. I bet they will taste yummy! What are you going to make, or just roast/braise?

Right now I have the four wings, one leg and one thigh braising in the oven. I'll finish them to brown with a little butter and more garlic. Also, I'll be adding the (as I lovingly call them) guts in a foil package with lots of butter and garlic. I personally don't eat those parts, my DH loves them. Originally I had to talk him into trying the manly bits. After the first bite he declared "we are NOT throwing these away anymore".

The rest of the two birds were frozen in various part packages. I planned to do three birds today, but the meat bees joined me in plucking the second bird. That made me call it a day. Tomorrow I'm hoping to get a few more done.

 

[lawatt]

I've heard that the Legbar cockerels develop early and are very hard on pullets. Wonder if this has something to do with it.

Anybody else have aggressive male Legbars?

my young Harold (12 weeks i think) is still sweet and charming, but he's still young...

 

[liz9910]

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That sounds really yummy except for the guts part. Those meat bees drive me crazy! Ugh.

 

[Hangtown Farms]

and this is completely off-topic from chickens, but I'm very excited to have my first apple harvest! i only planted my first trees a year & half ago, but two are already producing a few fruits -- two on the pink pearl tree, and NINE on the caville blanc -- and the pink pearls are RIPE!




just love the pink color inside -- and so tasty! (the chickens ate the cores)

nice !

my young Harold (12 weeks i think) is still sweet and charming, but he's still young...

he is cute

 

[OR4-hmom]

Tommysgirl,

I wish I had 20 in our club. We have 4 and one just graduated. We have taken showmanship 3 years running. We only had 5 kids for the entire county 4 years ago.

We have metal trays that the cages sit in when we have to stack them. They keep the poo and shavings from raining down on the lower birds. It used to be they stood on wire all 5 days, I hated it as much as our birds did. So what if there are some shavings in the walkway, chickens do what chickens do. They are so much happier and relaxed now.

 

[8machines]

I don't have any Australorps, but I will have Lav. Orps next year.  I have over a dozen growing out.


18 = 1 + 8 = 9..................hardly counts as anything at all.


They would be shown as an AOSB.

Good luck with your fair!1

Thank you. It will give me something to look forward to.
Judy

 

[chiqita]

On rooster gonads:

There is a fight to see what animal gets them at our house.
The cats chase each other for them. The dog chases the cats for em. The chickens chase each other. The quail try and escape to get them.

Apparently they are tasty......

You have to have huavos to win the huavos!