Comments on: Large Chickens from Magnolia!

By: pilar ladioray

pilar ladioray — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 08:56:34 +0000

wonder where i can find deboning services fo big chickens. i usually ask my suki at the market to do this for me.

By: Inkd_chef

Inkd_chef — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 09:42:41 +0000

I bought one out of curiosity on how well it will
cook up. Roasted it and it came out nice. Did not bother to brine it but it was still
very tasty. Bought two birds today and currently making hainanese chicken rice.
Hopefully restaurants who serve chicken rice start using them since the small ones lack
the fat.

By: Genie

Genie — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 02:13:56 +0000

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By: scramoodles

scramoodles — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 04:28:29 +0000

Buddy is spot on that one. Growers maintain their chicken to a 1.0 kilo weight, that’s why it’s rare to see 2.0 kilo chickens in the market. The growers won’t be able to sell them if they go over 1.5 kilos. However, there are those who sell dressed, organic chickens that weigh more than that, I think my friend’s aunt sells them in Teacher’s Village. There is also Sasso in the Philippines being farmed, and you know they grow big up to 4kilos. They’re fed with grass too. But I only found them way up north.

By: jr peralejo

jr peralejo — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 10:40:53 +0000

sir, it would be an honor to sell you my chickens. i would tell him if ever i have 4 kilo and up birds. i had 2 dozen last christmas that was sold out in an hour!

sir gerry, from one chicken grower to another (and feed mill operator), i might say he is correct. the feed conversion ratio to produce one free-range bird is roughly 4:1 or 4 kilos of implements (corn, soy or grass) for every kilo of meat produced. in commercial chickens, the feed conversion ratio could go from 1.5:1 or almost 1:1 provided that there is high protein content and high vitamin saturation in the feed mixture. i can’t really say what kind of protein source or vitamins feed millers put in their feeds because of trade secrets, but all i could say is they are all natural and water-soluble.

By: Jaja

Jaja — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 14:21:22 +0000

I saw these being sold at Metro Gaisano Supermarket here in Cebu a few weeks ago. We wanted to buy one but they did not have a frozen one. All that they had were the ones sitting in their cold display area.

By: Marketman

Marketman — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 09:13:47 +0000

Helen, good thing you got one. A couple of days after I wrote this post, all of the jumbo chickens were gone… sold out. Yikes. I should have bought more before writing about them maybe… :)

By: Helen

Helen — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 08:13:12 +0000

I have also been looking for large chickens for years, so I got so excited when I saw it in S & R last week and immediately got one. Haven’t cooked it yet though. Will do so this week.

By: Gerry

Gerry — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 04:29:47 +0000

The French guy from Pamora farms explained that the reason for the high cost of their capons was because they fed them as much as 10kg of milk. I am tempted to try it out but at over P3k per, I would first like to hear from someone who has tried it out.

By: Marketman

Marketman — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 05:13:45 +0000

JR, thanks for that, will definitely do that. I would like to try the large chickens… Salamat!