Help Please........What did I just Buy??? Update..PICS

[mtnhomechick]

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Makes me wonder what they'll taste like, Cyn.

 

[JennsPeeps]

Break out the pressure cooker!

 

[speckledhen]

Soak them in brine or buttermilk overnight. Then stew the heck outa them!

 

[snowydiamonds]

Mine (cornishX) looked just like that, last summer. I had them in a large run for exercise and they got along fine, only lost a total of three, 2 to leg problems, 1 to a raven that my hunting dog retrieved from the raven to me They cook up just fine and looked so beautiful I wanted to hold some back but didn't. Once we butchered, I was glad I didn't hold a trio back cause you could see their livers, kidneys and heart were beginning to give out. Juicy nice meat, even w/the exercise and restricted diet.

 

[coondog74017]

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your chickens looked like some I just put in the freezer the largest one weighed 10 lbs 14 ox dressed and I bake one and it was tender you could cut it with a fork and these were 12 weeks old.

 

[mtnhomechick]

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Those look like Turkeys! They look delicious too!

 

[AmazonDragon]

WOW coondog,
What kind where they?...Cornish X?

 

[mtnhomechick]

Well I processed 5 of them today. They would have been bigger but I cut out lots of fat.

Thought I'd post the pic of the first half

Weights are 11, 10, 8.5, 7, and 6 3/4 LBS.

 

[MissPrissy]

Those look fabulous! You did a great job!

 

[mtnhomechick]

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Thanks Angie. We are putting one into the Turkey fryer tomorrow. Hope it tastes as good as it looks. I have a feeling they're quite old. The feathers were very large and deep rooted.