The Moonshiner's Leghorns

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Grabbed a pic of one of the Crele project roosters still free ranging. He is a nice looking bird. Baby it’s cold outside today!

 

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The youngest 3 Brown Leghorn pullets from Don started laying so we put a Silver Leghorn in with them. He is wild as a buck so couldn’t get a great picture of him. Don’t mind the roost, its a temporary one until we cut another pole to put in the pen.

 

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And here is the trio of Silvers. They are tiny compared to the Browns and other varieties. Nearly bantam size. Pardon their tails, there was a feather picker in the bunch when they were younger and their tails are just now coming in.

 

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Got all the roosters butchered. Lost count of how many we did. Breast meat for us, and leg quarters for the dogs. The roosters were 3 and 4 months old from 2 sets of eggs, so all were still fryers.

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

Got all the roosters butchered. Lost count of how many we did. Breast meat for us, and leg quarters for the dogs. The roosters were 3 and 4 months old from 2 sets of eggs, so all were still fryers.

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I would keep the dark meat and give the rest to the dogs lol

 

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@Miami Leghorn I posted pics of the Silvers.

 

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I didn't know many places outside of Amazon did Black Friday online sales. I thought that's what cyber Mondays were for. Guess it's best I didn't realize. I was in a laying around mood so it would have been click click buy, repeat, repeat, repeat.

I love Bath and Body Works' body creams and they have had some incredible sells online. Right now all their body care is $4.95 each and the 3-wick candles are like $12.95. I just ordered some more to stock up for the year.

 

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The silvers are gorgeous!

I would keep the dark meat and give the rest to the dogs lol

Finally! Someone who agrees with me! Dark meat is the best! It has more fat which means flavor and doesn't dry out as quickly as breast meat! Don't you people watch cooking shows?!?

 

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Did all my black Friday shopping from home. I hate crowds.

Me too, but I had a coupon on a perfume I have been wanting but wanted to test it out first. It's hard to blind buy perfumes and fragrances online if you haven't smelled them before. lol

 

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The silvers are gorgeous!


Finally! Someone who agrees with me! Dark meat is the best! It has more fat which means flavor and doesn't dry out as quickly as breast meat! Don't you people watch cooking shows?!?

I'm not a huge fan of Coq au Vin. We tend to only eat the breast meat from heritage dual purpose or layer type roosters we butcher because they tend to be smaller and we don't bother plucking them. We will eat drumsticks and stuff, but only from Cornish cross broilers that have more meat on their legs at a younger age. We scald and pluck broilers when we raise those, so we will eat the drumsticks and thighs from those.