Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[chickengr]

I'm trying the same thing. I cook till they are soft enough to to break apart with a fork easily use the larger bone for testing. I think the article mentioned using vinegar to help break down bones. This hasn't been nesecary but it might speed up the time it needs

I don't mince the soft bones the chickens eat it all up. I do mix dry food into soup to absorb it. Mixing this in a five gallon bucket.

This process is done in my shop with an electric pressure cooker. The wife won't allow me the cooktop space.

It is time consuming as well as using electricity so jury is still out on this.

thank you for the information. the duck bones are hard, I fed them well.

I don't know what to say about cooking it in the kitchen. I have been all they with those poor dead ducks and haven't eaten anything. It stinks and I feel like vomiting. I hope to survive. 4 ducks have been chopped and 1 more to be. I reserved more for my dogs and chickens (also fed some cats) and the rest will end up in my freezer and wait till my relatives come to visit. it is not likely I will eat that. I will mince breast meat and try to make some sauce with plenty of veggies. then I will see if I will eat that.

 

[Pensmaster]

thank you for the information. the duck bones are hard, I fed them well.

I don't know what to say about cooking it in the kitchen. I have been all they with those poor dead ducks and haven't eaten anything. It stinks and I feel like vomiting. I hope to survive. 4 ducks have been chopped and 1 more to be. I reserved  more for my dogs and chickens (also fed some cats) and the rest will end up in my freezer and wait till my relatives come to visit. it is not likely I will eat that. I will mince breast meat and try to make some sauce with plenty of veggies. then I will see if I will eat that.

Curious why mince it? If it's tough as my chickens are sometimes brine the breast either in salt water enclosed in a baggy or salt the breast as you would at meal time cover and store them in the fridge for a few days. They won't go bad. Then cook as you would any other duck. I don't cook duck but I've heard Muscoveys are the best. If it's just the sight of it that's something that comes with time. Huge step in processing by the way.
I'm off to work now have a good evening

 

[Kassaundra]

When I pressure cook the bones I usually do it for about 20 minutes at 15 lbs pressure and let it release on it's own (don't force cool) they fall apart in my hands are easily blenderable, that is for chicken I can't imagine duck would be that different.

 

[chickengr]

Curious why mince it? If it's tough as my chickens are sometimes brine the breast either in salt water enclosed in a baggy or salt the breast as you would at meal time cover and store them in the fridge for a few days. They won't go bad. Then cook as you would any other duck. I don't cook duck but I've heard Muscoveys are the best. If it's just the sight of it that's something that comes with time. Huge step in processing by the way.
I'm off to work now have a good evening

When I pressure cook the bones I usually do it for about 20 minutes at 15 lbs pressure and let it release on it's own (don't force cool) they fall apart in my hands are easily blenderable, that is for chicken I can't imagine duck would be that different.

I cooked it for about 4 hours and the bones are as hard as a rock. I will let my dogs and chickens share it as it is, no mincing.

I did eat muscovie ducks in the past but I doubt I am gonna eat these. I still cannot breathe because of the smell of blood and because they were hatched here. I feel horrible especially because my daddy drake thought I was going to feed them and started to talk to me as usual. I feel like judas.

 

[hellbender]

I cooked it for about 4 hours and the bones are as hard as a rock. I will let my dogs and chickens share it as it is, no mincing.

I did eat muscovie ducks in the past but I doubt I am gonna eat these. I still cannot breathe because of the smell of blood and because they were hatched here. I feel horrible especially because my daddy drake thought I was going to feed them and started to talk to me as usual. I feel like judas.

Steam pressure is the defining component..

 

[chickengr]

Steam pressure is the defining component..

didn't help with the bones. meat is extra soft and fell off.

 

[chickengr]

Mutts, and the small ones you can see were bought last year. Not happy with them at all. Not big, not good layers and eggs are small and they are very flighty. But they do like to eat. Actually they are not that active so I guess that is one big factor.

I like mutts. when we hatch mutts each chick is a surprise.

are the white ones you say are small, etc. they look like kind of broilers. at least on those pics.

 

[DesertChic]

I cooked it for about 4 hours and the bones are as hard as a rock. I will let my dogs and chickens share it as it is, no mincing.

I did eat muscovie ducks in the past but I doubt I am gonna eat these. I still cannot breathe because of the smell of blood and because they were hatched here. I feel horrible especially because my daddy drake thought I was going to feed them and started to talk to me as usual. I feel like judas.

I wish I could give you a real hug. I can really empathize with what you're feeling. I still feel guilt whenever I cull a bird I've raised from egg, especially if it was a bird that showed me affection. Does it get easier when more experience? Yes and no. When you have a soft heart, it always hurts at least a little. Even the frizzled cockerel I fought through butchering yesterday left me with pangs of guilt and I apologized to him more than once for causing him pain.

 

[Kev]

Few flock pics

your chickens are just beautiful!

 

[Kev]

I purchased him and the rest of my EE flock as eggs from a breeder of smooth and frizzled EEs. About half of the hatchlings developed crooked inner toes, so I'm pretty sure it's genetic. Hints of the problem began to appear around 2 weeks, but it wasn't really noticeable until 4 weeks of age. I'm hoping to breed it out of my EE by crossing the girls with my Ameraucana mix, Copper.

that kind of crossed toes definitely is genetic(not present at hatch but develops later). I can't remember if it's recessive or dominant...