We picked up 6 new day old Hubbard chicks on Good Friday to replace the ones that we had despatched the Thursday before, they were eleven weeks old and ranged in weight from 5lb 10oz to 8lb 4oz so all good weights two hens and two cockerels.
We roasted the smallest on Saturday 8th April and it was amazing, very tasty, not too strong or watery just right. We had roast then stir fry, chicken and leek pie and there are three boxes of stock in the freezer from the carcass. I was so relieved that we liked the flavour as we have previously raised cockerels and despatched them ourselves to be very disappointed in the meat finding it too strong in taste and not tender as we kept them long enough to make a decent weight. So now the way forward is to stick with Hubbards as table birds.
I'm sure not everyone will agree with what we do but that's a good thing too. We give our animals a good life, they are fed well and don't get any added antibiotics or fillers.
The eldest daughter made a fantastic argument for our way of life on a FB page over the weekend I was very proud of her standing up for her beliefs so hopefully we haven't done too bad a job raising the girls too!
Hope you are all enjoying the good weather we have here.
Take care!
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