How To Prevent Tough Cooked Birds

[SirFarmAlot]

I worked in a hog processing plant during high school. It was there that I learned a hot dog contained the parts of a pig that you wouldn't eat if you knew what they were. I still eat hot dogs but I'm not sure why.

 

[cnj-tx50]

Ok after reading this and a few other threads I am not too sure about raising these birds. We do buy organic chickens at whole food stores and such places and the price is so out there that we thought to raise our own. My husband has cancer and has had half his lower jaw removed. No more beef or pork. To hard to chew. Chicken and fish has been his meat of choice for the last year. What concerns me is the birds being tough. I do raise layers and they free range on two acres. We liked the idea of raising and processing our own and hoping that they could free range with the layers we they were ready. I have a convection oven and that seems to be the way we love them cooked the best same as I do a turkey. Crisp skin but moist and tender on the inside. Should we try this?

 

[itsy]

CNJ - have you seen this thread? The start of the thread is graphic, but then she shows the cooked bird. Nuttin' about it looks tough. It looks delish and tender to me!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=526012&p=3

I'm raising my first batch of meaties this year and am looking forward to tasting them.