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Dave C

  • Joined Aug 2014
  • Teesdale, Co Durham
Re: Breeding for Meat or Eggs
« Reply #345 on: September 25, 2016, 06:20:55 pm »
You could do what I have done and just keep red broiler hens, that way you won't get your cockerels mixed up.

I Bet your Dorking cockerel over them will make some nice birds  :yum:

macgro7

  • Joined Feb 2016
  • Leicester
Re: Breeding for Meat or Eggs
« Reply #346 on: September 25, 2016, 09:05:48 pm »
Someone gave some of those metal mesh fence panels that u use for construction side - 6 foot high. Should be enough to keep 2 cocks away from each other  :fc:
If not.. we can always have a fantastic chicken soup.
Growing loads of fruits and vegetables! Raising dairy goats, chickens, ducks, rabbits on 1/2 acre in the middle of the city of Leicester, using permaculture methods.

Dave C

  • Joined Aug 2014
  • Teesdale, Co Durham
Re: Breeding for Meat or Eggs
« Reply #347 on: September 26, 2016, 09:58:25 am »
Harris fencing  :thumbsup: that will do the trick.

I use in for my pheasant pens, is spot on.

macgro7

  • Joined Feb 2016
  • Leicester
Re: Breeding for Meat or Eggs
« Reply #348 on: September 26, 2016, 01:06:16 pm »
That's the one!
Do you put roof for pheasants? Or just the fence panels?
Growing loads of fruits and vegetables! Raising dairy goats, chickens, ducks, rabbits on 1/2 acre in the middle of the city of Leicester, using permaculture methods.

Dave C

  • Joined Aug 2014
  • Teesdale, Co Durham
Re: Breeding for Meat or Eggs
« Reply #349 on: September 26, 2016, 02:12:01 pm »
I do the Partridge pens but not the pheasant, when there old enough to fly out there old enough to be out.
Put pop holes in the sides so they can come back in and roost on a night, then fly back out in the morning.
Just until September then the doors are left open and they can come & go as they please.

Dave C

  • Joined Aug 2014
  • Teesdale, Co Durham
Re: Breeding for Meat or Eggs
« Reply #350 on: September 28, 2016, 06:21:45 pm »
Just weighed my 2 remaining Farm Ranger cockerels they are 3.5 & 3.6kg.

These were the lighter of the birds that I kept back to grow on, well they have done just that, loads of breast meat on them.
They are 14 weeks now, so I will either process them this weekend or grow them on for maybe a 4-5kg bird.

snowyriver

  • Joined Dec 2012
  • Montgomeryshire
Re: Breeding for Meat or Eggs
« Reply #351 on: October 02, 2016, 11:03:57 am »
THEY ARE STARTING TO FEEL HEAVIER
I CAN START TO FEEL THE MEAT COMING ON THE COCKERELS, I AM GOING TO PROCESS AN IG X MALE AND PURE LIGHT SUSSEX TO COMPARE THEM BOTH

Any updates?
Have you processed any of the birds and if so how do they compare?

Bramham Wiltshire Horns

  • Joined Oct 2014
  • leeds
  • Bramham flock Wiltshire Horns
Re: Breeding for Meat or Eggs
« Reply #352 on: October 03, 2016, 09:14:12 am »
HI SORRY 
BEEN PRETTY BUSY GOING TO PROCESS THIS WEEK AND WILL POST UPDATES ASAP
THEY ARE 20 WEEKS NOW

 
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Bramham Wiltshire Horns

  • Joined Oct 2014
  • leeds
  • Bramham flock Wiltshire Horns
Re: Breeding for Meat or Eggs
« Reply #353 on: October 05, 2016, 11:47:04 pm »
So processed one of my IG x cocks today at 21 weeks
Dressed out at 1.810 kg

I dry plucked which was pretty easy for my first attempt and the bird was pretty clean
Not a lot of fat

It didn't have a lot of breast meat but legs thighs and wings are pretty decent
I'm pretty happy with the 1st
The proof will be in the tasting

It took 40 mins start to finish
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Bramham Wiltshire Horns

  • Joined Oct 2014
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  • Bramham flock Wiltshire Horns
Re: Breeding for Meat or Eggs
« Reply #354 on: October 05, 2016, 11:48:01 pm »
Coucou de Rennes
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Dave C

  • Joined Aug 2014
  • Teesdale, Co Durham
Re: Breeding for Meat or Eggs
« Reply #355 on: October 06, 2016, 08:58:29 pm »
So processed one of my IG x cocks today at 21 weeks
Dressed out at 1.810 kg

I dry plucked which was pretty easy for my first attempt and the bird was pretty clean
Not a lot of fat

It didn't have a lot of breast meat but legs thighs and wings are pretty decent
I'm pretty happy with the 1st
The proof will be in the tasting

It took 40 mins start to finish

Well done mate  :thumbsup:

That's the problem with traditional breeds is the lack of breast meat.
But I bet it's the best tasting chicken you've ever had.  :yum:

Them Coucou's look stunning have you picked them up ?

snowyriver

  • Joined Dec 2012
  • Montgomeryshire
Re: Breeding for Meat or Eggs
« Reply #356 on: October 06, 2016, 10:59:34 pm »
So processed one of my IG x cocks today at 21 weeks
Dressed out at 1.810 kg 

Thank you for sharing.

Did you weigh him before dispatching? If so, what was the killing out %?

Bramham Wiltshire Horns

  • Joined Oct 2014
  • leeds
  • Bramham flock Wiltshire Horns
Re: Breeding for Meat or Eggs
« Reply #357 on: October 07, 2016, 08:22:07 am »
ye he was 2.8kg they didnt put much on in the last few weeks they he got to that weight at around 18 weeks so in hindesight could have culled earlier
so roughly lost slightly over a 3rd,  64% ish

i have a couple slightly bigger and couple smaller so went with what i thought was average
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Bramham Wiltshire Horns

  • Joined Oct 2014
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  • Bramham flock Wiltshire Horns
Re: Breeding for Meat or Eggs
« Reply #358 on: October 07, 2016, 08:23:23 am »
So processed one of my IG x cocks today at 21 weeks
Dressed out at 1.810 kg

I dry plucked which was pretty easy for my first attempt and the bird was pretty clean
Not a lot of fat

It didn't have a lot of breast meat but legs thighs and wings are pretty decent
I'm pretty happy with the 1st
The proof will be in the tasting

It took 40 mins start to finish

Well done mate  :thumbsup:

That's the problem with traditional breeds is the lack of breast meat.
But I bet it's the best tasting chicken you've ever had.  :yum:

Them Coucou's look stunning have you picked them up ?

not picked them up yet
getting them from national
as of the picture they are 7 weeks old this saturday
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snowyriver

  • Joined Dec 2012
  • Montgomeryshire
Re: Breeding for Meat or Eggs
« Reply #359 on: October 07, 2016, 06:17:09 pm »
Coucou de Rennes

they seem to be nice compact birds,
what are their biggest selling points? egg numbers and colour of shell, meat yield etc.

 

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