The Real Size! Comparing Hens, Cockerels, and Bantams for Meat

[@chickinnfarmer]

Love your vids I’m 15 and I just started a chicken farm and I also just started making videos talking about my chickens, chickens are my passion🐓🤗

[@ChickenHues]

Good for you!! I can’t wait to check out your channel.

[@chickinnfarmer]

@@ChickenHues Thank you soo much 😊

[@houndsmanone4563]

I've never seen a chicken with blue-gray skin. I'm curious how the meat will taste. Thanks for showing the processed birds side-by-side, Stace. Full-watch. 👍🏽🤠 8/10/22

[@ChickenHues]

It tasted like chicken! It just looked a little different but the meat looked like any other chicken.

[@__________________________hi52]

Yes, it has this black meat for some reason, k heard of that chicken.

[@MorganLandauer-e3e]

How was the taste for the bantams compared to the hen? I understand there is less meat

[@ChickenHues]

They just taste like chicken. They were young so there wasn’t any different taste.

[@jinga2535]

I raised a couple Rangers one year and I didn’t like how they just sat by the feeder. Even though the dual purpose cockerels are skinny I think they have more fun while they are alive than the meat chickens do. They usually annoy me and get sent to freezer camp by 14 weeks though! 😂 Thanks for the side-by-side comparison, I hadn’t seen a silkie roaster before.

[@ChickenHues]

Yes- it’s rare that ours make it much last that because of the crowing and harassment of the hens. Lol I think mine are so scrawny because they’re having so much fun running around all day! I do think they’d be beefier if I penned them with plenty of food… but I like to see them enjoying life.

[@reneek8223]

This is great thank you. I do the same, hatch our own and butcher. 4 years now. However, I can never get the meat to taste good. Very dry.

[@ChickenHues]

I find pressure cooking or canning is the best way to eat it.

[@FarmallFanatic]

I am Rooster free! 🐓 💥 BOOM 💥

[@ChickenHues]

Going for the quiet life, I see! Roosters are fun but the hens are much friendlier and calm without one.

[@FarmallFanatic]

@@ChickenHues I just don't see the point in feeding one all Winter

[@ChickenHues]

Right!

[@prairieprepper]

Can you share your recipe for cooking older hens so they're tender? We're doing our first processing day this fall!

[@ChickenHues]

I use my instant and cook them with some water and seasoning for about an hour. Let them rest in the refrigerator for a couple of days first. The legs will still be pretty chewy/tough, but the breast is wonderful. I also like to use older hens when I can chicken. That makes it very tender.

[@prairieprepper]

@@ChickenHues thank you!! I'll give that a go :)

[@PriceOfLibertyEternalVigilance]

The Rooster depends for me. Most Roosters are a pain. I just want good ones for breeding. However, every once and a great while you get a quiet and friendly Rooster. They are worth keeping, seeing that they are so rare and unique.

[@ChickenHues]

I agree! Those are a joy to have around, in my opinion.

[@prairieprepper]

I have a good one right now and I'm SO pleased with him. He's a purebred but I doubt his offspring would win any prizes in the poultry shows. I don't care, he's worth keeping for his personality.

[@skincrx]

How are you putting weight on your silkies. Mine are skin and bones always. Copper Marans do make great chicken soup for sure.

[@ChickenHues]

Not sure. They’re pretty solid for being small chickens. We keep feathers away from their eyes so they can see and they’re in a separate coop. Both of those may help.

[@libertyoutdooradventures6595]

Did the silkie meat taste any different?

[@ChickenHues]

Not at all!

[@joey.renaud]

So, I'm a bantam cochin dude. I have a bunch of cockerels. It's just me and my partner at home and if we don't get rid of them, then I know I must do what I just do...but do you think a bantam is good for just a dinner for two? 😂❤

[@ChickenHues]

It was just a bit bigger than a quail. I’d think most people would eat an entire one for a dinner. There wouldn’t be much meat on one.

[@ScaryFear]

Hi, hope you're ok. Been a while since you've made an update. Hope you, your family and all your birds are well. I ended up with an accidental rooster.

[@ChickenHues]

I am! Thank you for checking in! Life has been busy and time has gotten away from me. Are you able to keep a rooster?

[@ScaryFear]

@@ChickenHues I'm glad you're ok. Yeah, I totally hear you on being busy. Same here with the coop and the dog. There are no deed restrictions in my area, but the backyard neighbors are a different neighborhood. I don't want to make anyone angry just in case. I have been bringing him inside at night. I've gotten attached to him. He's a friendly rooster to me anyway. He's a bit rough with the girls. Luckily he mostly only crows in the morning. I'll make a video about him soon.

[@sgtmaj2705]

Need to see some more Calming chicken videos. It has been awhile.

[@stuartmatthews5434]

I grew up in Orpington 🎉😂

[@ABD5667]

Oeg bantams seem to have quite meaty bodies

[@ChickenHues]

That’s good to know. Bantams are so fun and it’s good to know extras can also be useful as good. We had a pair of OEGBs once - Rocky and Adrian - and they were so fun!

[@mikecavemansavage1936]

I have had silkie I find it has more flavor

[@ChickenHues]

It tasted good when I tried it! I originally thought I’d use it for dog food, but see no reason that we wouldn’t also use the meat.

[@mikecavemansavage1936]

@@ChickenHues yes exactly I like having a variety