At what age should a white leghorn be slaughtered for a roaster?

sh... at (no spam) netscape.com wrote:
At what age should a white leghorn be slaughtered for a roaster?

Leghorns are the athletes of the laying world, and the males will have
relatively little meat on them.
You want that as young as possible, otherwise the meat gets dry and tough.
Unfortunately what tends to happen is that they spend their first 6 months
putting on frame = skeleton, and feathers and don't bother much with meat.
the best is to handle them a lot between 15 - 20 weeks and see how much
'dinner' you can feel, if there is enough before they put on their last
pre-adult growth spurt then you will get a most tender tasy meal.
Leaving them to fill that growth spurt with adequate meat, means they are 26
plus weeks and much tougher

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regards
Jill Bowis

Domestic Poultry and Waterfowl Solutions
Herbaceous; Herb and Alpine Nursery
Seasonal Farm Foodhttp://www.kintaline.co.uk

On Jun 13, 3:33 am, " Jill" <n... at (no spam) NOSPAMkintaline.co.uk> wrote:
sh... at (no spam) netscape.com wrote:
At what age should a white leghorn be slaughtered for a roaster?

Leghorns are the athletes of the laying world, and the males will have
relatively little meat on them.
You want that as young as possible, otherwise the meat gets dry and
tough.
Unfortunately what tends to happen is that they spend their first 6
months
putting on frame = skeleton, and feathers and don't bother much with
meat.
the best is to handle them a lot between 15 - 20 weeks and see how much
'dinner' you can feel, if there is enough before they put on their last
pre-adult growth spurt then you will get a most tender tasy meal.
Leaving them to fill that growth spurt with adequate meat, means they are
26
plus weeks and much tougher

--
regards
Jill Bowis

Domestic Poultry and Waterfowl Solutions
Herbaceous; Herb and Alpine Nursery
Seasonal Farm Foodhttp://www.kintaline.co.uk

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