Silkie Stock in the Pressure Cooker

[vfem]

If only it worked like that... just feed the yummy veggies to the bird and then cook the bird and it will be flavored already! Mmmmm

 

[Ryu]

I always wondered how 'purple' they were under all the fluff.

Nothing beats homemade chickenstock. I made stock and did chicken pot pie with my last round of cornish culls. Yummy.

 

[okiemommy]

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uuuuuummmm...how do you tell when they're done?

 

[vfem]

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uuuuuummmm...how do you tell when they're done?

 

[bukbugack]

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uuuuuummmm...how do you tell when they're done?

They turn a darker shade of black.

 

[vfem]

So when they appear burnt... they're done!

 

[Egg_newton]

I have a silkie roo that bites the heck out of me everytime I try to pick him up. I was trying to do a photo shoot with my other three silkies and he didn't like me messing with them at all either. I got bit and bullied. I think if my white one ends up being a roo the first guy will end up on the dinner menu as well.

 

[Laurieks]

I saw some silkie thighs in the freezer in a store in SF Chinatown that was selling tons of live silkies... all white. The blue was a shock way back then.
I'm hatching a bunch of Silkies, and my feed store guy that usually buys the extra roos said they don't sell well, and says I'll get 60-70% roos. Is that true? Guess I'll have to learn to process, and hope they're mean.

Thanks PC, for this timely thread.

 

[PurpleChicken]

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Make a separate thread about the 60-70% roo thing. Most silkie experts are staying clear of this thread. I'm not sure why the roo percentage would be that high.

The silkies that sell as meat birds tend to be common white birds, very different from the show birds we see all over BYC.

http://www.jmhatchery.com/hens/bantam-silkie-chicks/prod_2.html

Glad this thread may help some people out. Silkies ARE chickens after all.