First timer - processed today! (pics)

[sara]

Great job!

I almost bought some cornish cross chicks the other week. I just don't know if I can do that all by myself.

 

[Ga Chicken Mom]

Congrats! The birds look great. Please post after you have your chicken dinner and let us know how the bird tasted. If I ever get a broody and hatch some chicks, I really think I will try to raise the cockrels for meat. I would rather raise the birds well and kill them cleanly than sell them to someone else for meat. I buy organic chicken at the grocery store hoping that those birds are treated somewhat better than the chicken farms. We have a lot of chicken barns and a processing plant where we live. I see tractor trailers stuffed with white leghorns every time I go out. Makes me so sad to see those poor chickies.

 

[greyfields]

Well done!

Taking part in the production of your own food is something everyone ought do.

 

[halo]

You should be very proud of yourself! You'll probably never buy store chicken again. I would love to try that myself. Maybe one day....

 

[theOEGBman]

Looks like you did good! I cant wait to get some Cornish X of my own. I hope you enjoy them.

 

[plucky]

Roasted one last night...it was delicious! Nice flavor, but the big difference I noticed was texture. No mushy meat - tender, but firmer. Yum!!!

 

[Justino]

i could never do it though....