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10/29/12, 07:24 PM
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My home raised chicken
Here is one of the chickens I butchered.
I tried my hand at smoking it. I bought a cast iron smoker box. The wish bone was really tender. The leg and thigh were a little tougher. These chickens were able to jump, walk and run so they had muscles. lol I skinned these chickens and they were still juicy. I did baste them a little with olive oil. It was really good.
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10/29/12, 07:44 PM
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Looks good and you know exactly what was put into your meal...thumbs up
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10/29/12, 08:26 PM
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goodness gracious does that ever look fantastic....outstanding job !!!!
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10/29/12, 08:43 PM
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Nice job, looks way good. That "wish bone" piece tells me you can butcher as well. I don't see that in the store bought packages around here.
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10/29/12, 09:34 PM
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Now that's the meaning of farm to table. I hope you were wearing camo when you cooked it. Move over June, tambo's in the kitchen!
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10/29/12, 11:07 PM
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Shore don't look like those super jumbo Franken pullets they sell in the store nowadays. It's hard to beat a nice home raised fyer that still all white meat , even long thighs and short ones. Hard to beat pork that's red like it is supposed to be. I just imagine you could smell it cooking all around your house. You'd scald your nose just trying to catch a whiff of a store bought one stewing in the pot!
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10/29/12, 11:16 PM
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Isn't it awesome to eat what you grow/raise!!!!
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10/30/12, 04:38 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tambo
Here is one of the chickens I butchered.
I tried my hand at smoking it. I bought a cast iron smoker box. The wish bone was really tender. The leg and thigh were a little tougher. These chickens were able to jump, walk and run so they had muscles. lol I skinned these chickens and they were still juicy. I did baste them a little with olive oil. It was really good. |
Hi,
Looks good!!
Thanks 
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10/30/12, 10:19 AM
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Looks good Tammy!!!!
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10/30/12, 12:24 PM
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That looks really good. I have run out of home grown chicken, but have another 20 red broilers that are a couple of months away from the freezer... I prefer them to the cornish cross because they are more like "real" chickens.
Mary
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10/30/12, 12:38 PM
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Can't you organize a how-to-butcher-a-chicken-party? Girls only
Oh and I want the feathers 
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10/30/12, 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by CountryWannabe
That looks really good. I have run out of home grown chicken, but have another 20 red broilers that are a couple of months away from the freezer... I prefer them to the cornish cross because they are more like "real" chickens.
Mary
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I've never heard of these. How long does it take to grow them out?
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10/30/12, 05:38 PM
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Yum.....when's dinner at your house?
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10/30/12, 05:45 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CountryWannabe
That looks really good. I have run out of home grown chicken, but have another 20 red broilers that are a couple of months away from the freezer... I prefer them to the cornish cross because they are more like "real" chickens.
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are you talking about red rangers...if so where do you get them at.
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10/30/12, 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Groene Pionier
Can't you organize a how-to-butcher-a-chicken-party? Girls only
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I learned by watching youtube videos...they have many good videos on butchering chickens and rabbits.
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10/31/12, 11:36 AM
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Not red rangers - red broilers from Ideal Hatchery in Texas. They had a special early August when they were 99cents each so I got 20 of them. They tend to take around 12 - 16 weeks or so to grow out, like the heritage breeds, but that is fine because I prefer to butcher a few at a time as I have time to do it, rather than set aside a whole weekend.
They are hardier than the Cornish Cross - you can treat them like regular chickens and they won't keel over dead. I still have three or four hens from my last batch of Red Broilers a couple of years ago - they lay reasonably well, and one even raised a clutch of half a dozen eggs. They do not grow to the huge size the Cornish Cross do. Nor do they have the huge double breasts, though I think they tend to be larger than the regular heritage chickens.
One good thing is they don't have to have the really expensive game bird starter. You can get by with regular chick starter or Flock Raiser. Of course you have to feed it for longer than you feed the Frankenchickens, so it probably works out not a lot different.
Mary
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