How big do your BR hens dress out?

[onthespot]

I just dressed my first hen this morning. She was spurred and noisy and today was trash day, so she went. She dressed out at nine and a half pounds, skinned, gutted, wings off and as much fat as possible trimmed too. She was a lot more meat than I was expecting... May have to cut her up and use two crock pots! LOL What is normal dressed weight for BR hens?

 

[onthespot]

She's the one in front.

 

[jasonm11]

she was a he if it had spurs

 

[onthespot]

No, she's a she and was full of eggs, and layin 2-3 a week. Never gobbled. But she did kyuk kyuk kyuk very loud, which was what got her picked to go.

 

[goosemama]

How old were your turkeys in the photo you submitted? I have turkeys for the first time and they are now 8 weeks and no where near as big as yours. They are on pasture along with our geese & chickens plus get 20% protein pellets. Having never raised or dressed any out before (only chickens) so I am curious to know how long it will take them to get to a reasonable size? I wouldn't mind even 12lbs as that's the maximum size for my rotisserie oven.

 

[onthespot]

That one hen is (was, RIP) maybe heading to two years old, but has not changed really, size wise since she was about nine months to a year.

 

[chichick]

Hen+spurs=WIERD