Home grown cockerels..yummy.

[GrannieAnnie]

Start now, and do one every 2 weeks and compare sizes and taste?

[chech221]

thanks grannyannie

[GrannieAnnie]

Test results must be posted on here!!!!!   

[chech221]

here is a picture of them im thinking of keeping black and white cockeral as hes friendly the other two are quite boystrous,and now i have 14 hens 2 cockerals would keep them inline wot do you think ?

[GrannieAnnie]

Yeah, 1 cockerel is plenty!  They reckon a cockerel to up to 15 hens each!!!   so you should be fine! 

Of course, he may die early due to exhaustion!!!!   

[chech221]

he is a fit lad hes only 14mnths old i think he has a couple of more year before he starts being lazy, il be popping another 2 dozen eggs into the incubator last week of december im trying to get a jet black cuckoo maran cockeral i have two black marran hens and they have nice markings hence why i want one  to breed marrans,as eventually il be changing breeds,il post a picture later of them.thanks for the advice much appreciate it
regards john

[chech221]

just a update culled the first cockeral this morning

[SMD66]

Roast chicken for Sunday lunch then? 

[Foxy]

lets us know how it tastes!

[chech221]

will let everyone know how it tastes but it wnt be tommorrow maybe monday or tuesday

[SMD66]

we killed and plucked the last of our hubbards yesterday (7 of them) , gutting and jointing today, (ugh).  That will be it now till spring.

[GrannieAnnie]

You should have let them hang for a couple of days Sam, lets the muscles relax and give you more tender meat.

If you fancy doing a bit more plucking and gutting, we need a bit more help week before Christmas!!!!

[SMD66]

They hung for 24 hrs and ideally we would have left them longer but it's having time to do it mid week that's the problem.
Anyway, they are in the freezer now, jointed bagged and labled. 

Sorry, I am looking forward to not having any more plucking etc to do now till spring.  We did 5 turkeys last yr so I don't envy you wtih the amount you have to do, it is a long and boring task.

I am even having my Cristmas dinner cooked for me this yr, (1st time ever) We are going to my sisters so I plan to be VERY lazy, eat too much and not to go anywhere near a turkey's back end!

Good luck 

[GrannieAnnie]

Lucky you!  Brian used to cook our christmas dinner.  About the only time of year he did cook! But he doesn't do it anymore.  But there's only the 2 of us, so it's not too bad.

shame about the plucking!  But we have our chief plucker, more experienced now than he was last year!!!!   But you are right, it IS boring and we have 38 chickens and 30 turkeys to do for other people too as well as ours!!!!!   

[SMD66]

we have 38 chickens and 30 turkeys to do for other people too as well as ours!!!!!