Silkies really are useful...

[chickflick]

Those silkies are beautiful! I agree, they make excellent broodys and the best mamas!

 

[AK Michelle]

I have to go home now and hug my silkies. They are so soft and fluffy!

 

[maplesky7]

ok... go hug your silkies....




and I don't know... I never tasted a delaware?

I tasted a bared rock before and it seemed a lil chewy.

 

[LittleChickenRacingTeam]

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Either it was older & best suited to stewing, or you didn't let the meat age a bit. A fresh kill needs 48 hrs to tenderize & go thru rigormortis. A saline solution bath in the fridge will help the process.

 

[maplesky7]

I brought them to a processor and he handed it back to me the next day frozen.

...and they were not layin eggs yet.

I got straight run and figured I'd start out with a few and keep the others for meat since I read they were a dual purpose bird.

I never knew about the salt bath and stewing the meat... that would have helped back then... but that was before byc.

 

[eaganchickens]

You mean you're not using Silkies as swiffers?

 

[Zahboo]

I wonder if when silkies are brooding other breeds of chicks if they try to coax them to the dark side...

 

[PurpleChicken]

If I ever get chickens again they will be raised using LCRT's "House Chook" system.

 

[LittleChickenRacingTeam]

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Miss Ohio's crate probably has some influence....

 

[insiderart]

Snowball looks so proud! And it is a lovely baby snowball!