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Post by konotashi on Jan 4, 2010 18:29:52 GMT -5
I saw Cornish game hens for the first time the other day - I had no idea they were so small! I was really excited and almost got some, until I realized the organs were all removed.
Where can I get them where the organs are included? I haven't seen any hens at my Wal-Mart.
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Post by josiesmom on Jan 4, 2010 20:46:46 GMT -5
The CGH at Walmart are in the freezer chests - usual;ly where the frozen duck and turkey breast rolls are. ASk at the customer Service Desk. All the Walmart stores in my area carry the same brand of CGH and usually within .10 to .20 cents of each other. The CGH with giblets are usually the fresh ones and more expensive. I get packages of chicken gizzards and necks and tubs of chicken hearts to create a "complete animal" but the "animal" gets divided up and fed through the week. The Walmart CGH average one pound each and you can cut the bird up into about 10 to 12 "mouse-sized" meals for the ferret.
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Post by tiggyeaj on Jan 4, 2010 21:21:01 GMT -5
If you're shopping at WalMart, you can sometimes find cow heart and kidney, for really cheap (like enough to last you the year for under $5!). I agree that you're going to have to get the offal seperately and make a frankenprey. I've rarely seen CGH with the inards.
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Post by lnsybean44 on Jan 4, 2010 22:07:43 GMT -5
The only hens I can get are with the organs... making them super expensive. But like everyone else has said, it is going to be a ton cheaper to buy organs separately rather than find a hen with organs since the organs are in a bag anyway. Just be aware that nutrients in the organs (esp taurine) can deteriorate in the freezer, or so I have bee told.
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Post by konotashi on Jan 5, 2010 0:46:44 GMT -5
I've seen cans of chicken livers and packages of hearts and gizzards. That's all I'll need to pick up, right? Obviously along with the CGH.
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Post by Emilee on Jan 5, 2010 7:32:58 GMT -5
I would think so. My store has livers occasionally, so I've been keeping my eyes out for a new bin of them. They're usually about $2.50 here. I got a little chicken with the organs, and really they didn't give me much- just the neck, liver, and heart.
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Post by lnsybean44 on Jan 5, 2010 8:22:09 GMT -5
You will want to find kidney or spleen as well I beleive. Heart and gizzards count more as muscle than organ.
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Post by sherrylynne on Jan 5, 2010 11:23:23 GMT -5
I can't get them with organs, either. But that's fine. I usually give organs as a separate meal anyway. They are alternated weekly between chicken livers and beef kidney.
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Post by tiggyeaj on Jan 5, 2010 11:29:20 GMT -5
How much beef kidney do you give them? I have three pounds sitting in my freezer, waiting for me to figure out how the heck to portion it! I got it for $3 at Walmart, and couldn't pass it up.
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Post by lnsybean44 on Jan 5, 2010 12:19:15 GMT -5
From what I learned through the mentor program organs should be one day of seven. And half of the organs should be liver. So in my house since my boys wont eat organs by themselves I make it into soup with half chicken or turkey meat (which also cuts down on the runny poops caused by organs alone), a quarter liver and the other quarter is usually kidney but occasionally other organs when I can get my hands on them. I also ass a pinch of bone meal to lessen the runny poo. I freeze it into ice cube trays after running it through a food processor and I feed this funny mixture for four meals a week since it is only half organ. I mix taurine into it once it is thawed. Thats how I portion everything out
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Post by sherrylynne on Jan 5, 2010 23:08:08 GMT -5
The general proportion of liver/organ is 10% ratio of the entire diet, or one chicken liver, and an equal amount of other organ weekly.
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Post by vkoslin on Jan 6, 2010 23:06:52 GMT -5
I find them in a two pack. Each cornish hen vaccuum wrapped in a white and black wrapper with some name on it. They come two to a pack, around 6 bucks but I find the same ones all over Auburn. Winn Dixie, Kroger, and Walmart all sell the same ones.
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Post by calysta on Apr 14, 2010 3:54:34 GMT -5
The CGH at Walmart are in the freezer chests - usual;ly where the frozen duck and turkey breast rolls are. ASk at the customer Service Desk. All the Walmart stores in my area carry the same brand of CGH and usually within .10 to .20 cents of each other. The CGH with giblets are usually the fresh ones and more expensive. I get packages of chicken gizzards and necks and tubs of chicken hearts to create a "complete animal" but the "animal" gets divided up and fed through the week. The Walmart CGH average one pound each and you can cut the bird up into about 10 to 12 "mouse-sized" meals for the ferret.
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Post by calysta on Apr 14, 2010 3:55:05 GMT -5
hmmm so where do u find these packages?
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Post by sherrylynne on Apr 14, 2010 18:09:33 GMT -5
If you're referring to the game hens, normally in the freezer section with the other fowl. I also get livers there, along with beef kidney, as well as gizzards and hearts(both muscle meats). Although now I order hearts by the case.
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