Got meat?

[fowltemptress]

I've always wanted to try goose.

It's definitely worth trying! I don't know that it tastes like anything else I've eaten. We'll be smoking one of these as I've always heard smoked goose is devine, but I've never tried it myself.

 

[fowltemptress]

A year later and here's my first go at this year's batch. Doing them younger this year than I did last to see if I can shave off a few weeks of having to feed and house them. I'm very happy with them.

 

[Huntmaster]

A year later and here's my first go at this year's batch. Doing them younger this year than I did last to see if I can shave off a few weeks of having to feed and house them. I'm very happy with them.

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LOOKING GOOD

 

[tlcmurphy]

A year later and here's my first go at this year's batch. Doing them younger this year than I did last to see if I can shave off a few weeks of having to feed and house them. I'm very happy with them.

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That’s the biggest D@$n quail I’ve ever seen!!!
Maybe I should read the whole thread…

 

[Kiki]

That’s the biggest D@$n quail I’ve ever seen!!!
Maybe I should read the whole thread…

Giant Temptress Jumbos is what those are called.

 

[Nabiki]

That’s the biggest D@$n quail I’ve ever seen!!!
Maybe I should read the whole thread…

I was thinking the same thing.

 

[007Sean]

That’s the biggest D@$n quail I’ve ever seen!!!
Maybe I should read the whole thread…

Wait....What?....looks like someone's 'pulling ya leg'....looks like a goose carcass to me!
I raise Butler Bobwhites, the 'biggest' quail body size there is....and mine ain't that big!

 

[David247]

A year later and here's my first go at this year's batch. Doing them younger this year than I did last to see if I can shave off a few weeks of having to feed and house them. I'm very happy with them.

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Is that pork belly to the left of the birds? Looks like you know whats good on a smoker, lol. I was reading an article where a guy suggested processing geese at 13 to 15 weeks. I'm afraid there will be pin feathers also. I have five Embdem/buff cross birds and am going to try it. I'll post the results.

 

[Chive]

A year later and here's my first go at this year's batch. Doing them younger this year than I did last to see if I can shave off a few weeks of having to feed and house them. I'm very happy with them.

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Those look delicious! How old were they when you butchered them? I have some that are a few weeks old that I plan on butchering.
What breed are the geese?

 

[fowltemptress]

Those look delicious! How old were they when you butchered them? I have some that are a few weeks old that I plan on butchering.
What breed are the geese?

They are! They were around 17 weeks old when I butchered them, and I have embdens, buff Americans, and production toulouse all together in one flock breeding willy nilly, so the birds I'm butchering are some combination of those three breeds.