RIR's for meat

[sgarrison]

Anyone use RIR's for meat? I have an opportunity to get a bunch straight run....

 

[Hippie Chickie]

My Grandma does, and I'm planning on it.

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

i've got some ordered as well.. but i have to say my current RIR layer is my favorite hen ever. so i need to make sure she doesnt get in the 'processing' line up when its time!

 

[EricShane]

My RIR is definitly the best layer Ive ever seen, by far!

I couldnt imagine eating any of my chickens though.. lol

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

its not as bad as you think. we had rooster day not too long ago to get rid of 5 extra roosters. they were delicious - no crying and no nightmares. just good chicken and dumplins.

but just not Henrietta. Or Angel. Or Zippy. sigh. but i guess thats why they have meat chickens, right?
;-)

 

[enola]

RIR are a deal when bought straight run. The hens are excellent layers and the roosters definitely make great meat birds !

Go for it !

 

[kalimist99]

are the hens good meat birds? about what age do you slaughter them?

 

[TimG]

There hasn't been much attention paid to size in the breeding of egg producers (except that smaller is generally better), so I would expect Rhode Island Red hens to be rather scrawny. I have butchered one RIR rooster and he didn't produce much meat, but obviously the sample size is rather small.

 

[lnm03]

We just butchered 6 RIR roosters a few weeks ago...Didn't plan on it initially so we didnt feed them as if they were meat birds so there wasnt a ton of meat on them (dont know how big of a difference that would make)...almost needed 2 to feed my famliy of 5. However the one we ate was absolutely DELICIOUS!


edited for typo

 

[exsia]

I just had some the other day. They were 5months old and allowed to roam free all day. Not bad, very tasty and meaty (if not compared to cornish x)