Today I processed my Banty roos and some quail

[Jenlyn9483]

Hey all. I thought they were definitely worth it. I'm getting some cornish banties from ideal next week. I told Ideal oK to send extra roos so maybe they will give me several since I only ordered 20 birds total.
I seasoned them and wrapped them in cracked pepper bacon and pressure cooked 4 of them so all the other "laws" didnt apply. 28 minutes in that bad boy and they were falling apart. the other two i put in the freezer for next time. Yes I skinned them and only took me about 15 minutes for all 6. In the past I always took my extra or mean banty roos to auction but not anymore. We love to harvest our own food and I wasnt disapointed with those guys. Next time I'm going inject them with scupplin' wine and honey and slow smoke them. The options are endless.

 

[MEchickenfarmer33]

great job. good looking birds too

 

[discoveregg]

Great information! Thanks!

 

[Jloeffler]

Without their skins, how do you keep them from drying out during cooking?

 

[Jenlyn9483]

Wrap them in foil or bacon. In the pressure cooker you dont have to do any of that tho.

 

[Rebel Rooster]

Hey! They "all" look great! That's a fantastic job of processing there!!

 

[becky3086]

Very nicely done. There is no reason to waste any chicken meat just because the chicken is small--it is STILL chicken!

 

[Jenlyn9483]

Ha! Thats what I said when Ideal sent me all those roos, I bet banty rooster taste "Just like chicken" LOL i was right and at 9 weeks they were did great.

 

[becky3086]

I have a few that need to go too. I just haven't gotten around to doing them yet. Maybe when I do some of my quail as well. ..