Future BBQ's

[dewdropsinwv]

No not real sad.... just a little bummed that we lost them. ... for who knows what reason. I know it happens though.

 

[Nyboy]

They have heart attacks very easy. You might want to ask on BYC they have a meat bird forum.

 

[dewdropsinwv]

I'm not worried about it. It's only 2 out of 52. Not like we are loosing a lot of them all at once

 

[MontyJ]

Took six of the largest to freezer camp last weekend. We ate the first one today...BBQ of course. Harvested six more yesterday. They are cooling in the fridge now.

 

[Chickie'sMomaInNH]

what, no after pics?

 

[MontyJ]

I'll have to remember that next time Chickie. Won't have any blood and guts pics, but maybe a shot of the Webber in action. Dew is planning a Memorial Day party, but I doubt chicken will be served. It's fascinating to me how many people won't eat chicken that doesn't come from the store??? We even know a lady who won't eat her own chickens eggs! She buys her eggs from the store!

 

[Chickie'sMomaInNH]

i think i'd prefer a pic of the final product cooked!

i know what it's like when i've mentioned to co-workers in the past about having chickens. some just don't want to know that the egg comes from an animal or what part of the animal it comes from.

 

[HotPepperQueen]

How much did they weigh, average dressed?

 

[Beekissed]

I'll give a quick run down of the life of a meaty, from chick to table...even the cutesy chick pics. I think it's important for folks to see how food is made. Everything starts as a baby, be it from our place or the store, that cannot be escaped. Let's look at the life of a meaty raised at home....

Some raised by a broody mama....

Some raised by a broody papa...

But then they outgrow Dad....

Then they get even bigger...do you see any ugly, stinking birds in these vids? No? Neither do I...I think they are lovely.

On their specially designed roost...

Still favoring the bucket they used as chicks, even though a big 5 gal. bucket is a few feet away....silly birds.

Eating clover out in the cool of the evening, just like other chickens..

Yes, they eat like pigs...but that's their nature...

Enjoying a regular life out on the cool grass of the morning...

Then it's time to fulfill their purpose on this Earth, to become food for another creature.

Awaiting their turn in the killing cone....

Meeting a quick end at the end of a great, but short, life...

Being plucked by my antique manual plucker....

Being turned into food...

Now...let's see how the store bought chickens lived....

'Nuff said. Now, where's that BBQ?

 

[Smart Red]

I know which chickens I'd like on my table!