Dressed Carcass Picture Chart

[Kiki]

Left 6 weeks 114 grams (caged by himself always)
Right 11 weeks 175 grams (caged with a female always)

Coturnix quail
28% Gamebird feed
Caged

 

[FowlWitch]

Yes, that is a very good idea, for example recently posted pic of a Dark Cornish rooster at 6 month old



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He was chonky! If I ever do a meat bird project, I may have to look into DCs

 

[Parront]

Left 6 weeks 114 grams (caged by himself always)
Right 11 weeks 175 grams (caged with a female always)
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Coturnix quail
28% Gamebird feed
Caged

Dylan the African Grey is ~500 grams. (LIVE weight)! They eat Greys in Africa.

 

[Kiki]

Dylan the African Grey is ~500 grams. (LIVE weight)! They eat Greys in Africa.

Dead weight with just minus a head the 175 gram one was

Spoiler: Quail

 

[Mosey2003]

12 week old Buff Orpington (breeder) pullet:

Two breasts and wings from 16 week old SOP line Barred Plymouth Rock cockerels:

It seems I don't have the full carcass pics of the Rocks here now... The carcass was 4lbs dressed total.

 

[nicalandia]

Truly appreciated.

 

[mandelyn]

Black Copper Marans, 25 weeks. I didn't have a scale then. Grower feed.

Bresse, 16 weeks, 2.8-3.4 lbs. The smallest from the group. Starter feed, pasture turnout.

What we started doing was going through 10-12 at a time, skinning and processing them into thighs/legs and breast/wings and bagging. Then weighing the bags. Last harvest (just legs/thigh/wings/breast) was 11.25 pounds from 7 birds (4 Bresse and 3 Hybrids) at 16 weeks. Time before was 15.25 lbs from 12, mostly hybrids so they were lacking the fullness that the Bresse have.

 

[Mosey2003]

Here's a selection of older hatchery Barred Rock hens (the scale is reading pounds and ounces, fyi):

And here are recent Cornish X broilers, for reference:

Due to a number of factors, I did not weigh the broilers. They were approximately 8 weeks old and by appearance and heft, I'd wager they were definitely over 4lbs, most likely over 5lbs.

 

[Morrigan]

Some nice looking eating birds here!

This is 13 week old Dorking rooster that DH is prepping for the grill tonight. I meant to get a picture before it was spitchcocked, but didn't notice what hubby was doing until it was too late. Dressed weight was 2 lbs 10 oz. Not true free range, but had access to large fenced yard.

 

[pintail_drake2004]

16 week polish in back and 12 week Red Ranger in front. Pasture raised.