[deepinthewoods]

so whats the heaviest bird youve raised? and what breed?
so far mine is about 8lb.

[chrismahon]

Orpington, when dressed felt about the same weight, 8lbs.

[manian]

our first table birds went longer than we wantewd cos it would have been our first culling
they weighed in at 11 - 11lb 7 oz  (well 3 of them did - someone opened the door and the fox killed the rest )
they were ross/cobb
Mx

[Dizzycow]

Deepinthewoods, I wish you lived closer to me, I need a hand with the culling as I'm a monumentally big girl's blouse. FIVE cockerels. FIVE. They'd be far more economically viable in my freezer than scoffing buckets of corn on a daily basis.

[lill]

A turkey, dead weight is 13.545 kilos, too big to go in the oven the way it is, it will need to get the legs cut off it, It was a bugger to carry to the dispatching shed.

[daddymatty82]

where you from dizzy?  heaviest chooks this last year were 18lb ish dressed they were raised at a friends yard and he fed them for me i just bought the day olds cant remember age tbh. that has been the heaviest.

[Dizzycow]

Lill, you're a demon turkey despatcher/plucker/drawer etc etc!

Daddymatty, I'm far, far away, unfortunately, so you can't come and deal with all the cockerels unless you're passing nearby Dunfermline on a holiday to Scotland, which quite frankly, you should. I have a ridiculous number of the unproductive, greedy male bastards, which really ought to be in the freezer. Siggghhh.

[DJ_Chook]

...heaviest chooks this last year were 18lb ish dressed they were raised at a friends yard ..

I've had cobb/ross weigh in that heavy too. So big they needed the legs taking off to fit in the oven. Though, with that breed I don't get many able to make it to 16-20weeks old in order to reach that weight.

[daddymatty82]

Lill, you're a demon turkey despatcher/plucker/drawer etc etc!

Daddymatty, I'm far, far away, unfortunately, so you can't come and deal with all the cockerels unless you're passing nearby Dunfermline on a holiday to Scotland, which quite frankly, you should. I have a ridiculous number of the unproductive, greedy male bastards, which really ought to be in the freezer. Siggghhh.

free holiday ? lol

[Dizzycow]

Only if you're prepared to bunk up with the chickens! 

[JEP]

large turkey at Christmas 36lb ready for oven
he was cut in half then cooked