purple meat in blue chickens?

[KatyTheChickenLady]

the fat color is due to what they were eating and the skin is more breed specific.

 

[anthonyjames]

You can also tell a free range/tractor/pasture raised bird from any store bought chicken.

They more exercise the darker the meat, plus all the bugs and grass make the difference and WOW the taste is unforgettable.

I just processed one of my 8 month old roo's on Wednesday and Friday put him in the slow cooker and Saturday he was shredded enchiladas with Mole
Mole was on Tortillas and chicken was shredded put back in slow cooker with juices and then wrapped and baked for 20 minutes with Fresco Queso.

 

[uhuh555]

Try eating a silky. Their meat is blue. There are many breeds that have the "blue" meat some darker than others. If you cross them with non-blue meat chickens they will produce blue meat birds of varying shades.

They are safe to eat and the color has nothing to do with what they have eaten. This is considered to have medicinal powers in the oriental cultures.


http://www.clovegarden.com/ingred/bd_chksilkz.html

 

[colowyo0809]

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Yay! I'm gonna be eating blue chickens!! I actually find that rather cool!!

 

[dancingbear]

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Yes, the fat gets a yellow color from the beta carotene in the greens that the chickens eat. Skin color depends on breed, as you can see in this dandy chart: http://www.ithaca.edu/staff/jhenderson/chooks/chooks.html
Skin gets tougher as birds get older. A young free-range bird's skin will be tender, up until around 14-18 weeks, after that it starts to get tough. It gets tender in the crock-pot, though, right along with the meat.

How old was your rooster?

edited to fix typo

 

[smartlittleroo]

This is really interesting. My roo looked so white in the sink. There was not a hint of yellow in the skin, but I did notice the leg meat when raw was really red. Way more so than any store bought chicken I have ever seen. When I say the skin was tough I mean really tough, I gave up trying to cut through it and just cooked the legs whole with the skin on. I took the skin off after the bird was cooked and the cat loved it!

I had no idea there was such a variation in meat color among chickens breeds. I guess I should have realized that since different breeds have different egg colors! I never noticed the difference as a kid when we ate the chickens we raised. I think those were all Leghorns or RIRs.

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

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That's exactly what I was going to say.

 

[smartlittleroo]

DancingBear, my roo was just over a year old.

 

[operator16]

I was just watching Top Chef Masters last night and they were working with all kinds of exotic meats. Blue chicken was one of the proteins. I wondered if they might be silkies.

Hummm... What a strange sight. I guess it's not something I'm used to.

I would however eat it over the weird GEODUCK clam that looked a little too much like someone's privates...

Have a look at this link if you'd like to see one. http://www.manandmollusc.net/geoduck.html

I am a bit squeamish!

 

[Buugette]

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Nope... I wouldn't eat that if someone paid me... looks a little too realistic.