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Yellow Chickens

henshaw - 10-10-2010 at 04:46 PM

Can anyont tell me why the chunkyens in the mercados are yellow? We love chicken but are a little gun shy on yellow chickens?

BAJA.DESERT.RAT - 10-10-2010 at 05:02 PM

ASIAN CHICKENS ? ISN'T THAT A chunkyEN ? :lol:

don't know how to do the smily thing !

BIEN SALUD, DA RAT

BAJA.DESERT.RAT - 10-10-2010 at 05:04 PM

oops ! just did it !

Cypress - 10-10-2010 at 05:09 PM

They haven't been dipped in bleach.

mcfez - 10-10-2010 at 05:18 PM

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Originally posted by BAJA.DESERT.RAT
ASIAN CHICKENS ? ISN'T THAT A chunkyEN ? :lol:

don't know how to do the smily thing !

BIEN SALUD, DA RAT

You got a bad case of xenophobia. Grow up.

castaway$ - 10-10-2010 at 05:22 PM

The inject the egg with yellow dye (yes I have chickens) and it makes a brilliantly colored attractive chick with big>>>>>> wait going the wrong way! :bounce:

BigWooo - 10-10-2010 at 05:39 PM

My wife read something recently that it's yellow because they're fed marigold flowers. We eat yellow chicken all the time. It's fine.

sanquintinsince73 - 10-10-2010 at 05:41 PM

Yellow birds haven't been fed hormones or injected with whatever they inject them with. Their good to go.

irenemm - 10-10-2010 at 05:48 PM

Oh they are really good. Don't be scared they are safe. Sometimes they stop the importation of chicken from the States and that will be all you can get.
Cost more but better flavor too.

grace59 - 10-10-2010 at 06:10 PM

I got one last year to roast whole. I, too, was really worried about why the chicken was so yellow. But I roasted it anyway and it was delicious! Juicy! I just found this on line.

"Why are some chickens yellow skinned and some white?
A chicken's skin color comes from the diet it was fed and the same bird could have a white skin or a yellow skin, depending on what it ate. The diet that produces a yellow skin is more expensive than the usual diet, but the people at Perdue Farms feel it's worth it because a yellow skin color is one of the fastest ways Frank's inspectors have of finding and disqualifying an inferior bird. If a bird is sick or off its feed, it doesn't absorb nutrients well and won't develop the rich golden color that is characteristic of Perdue birds. Also, if part of a bird's outer skin is "barked", that is, rubbed off due to rough handling during processing, the Perdue inspectors can detect it more easily than with a white-skinned bird. "

DavidE - 10-10-2010 at 07:35 PM

Marigold flowers it is and you should see vast fields of them growing between Cd. Obregon and Culiacan. My hens get fed natural corn, rice, sunflower seed, marigolds, and then they get to scratch all they want. The yolks are deep yellow and they literally stand off of the white. The yolks are actually a bit resistant to punture or breakage, you really have to stab them. The hens get fed ground up oyster shell for a calcium supplement.

I learned the hard way to never purchase chicken without sticking my nose down close to the dressed bird. It should have a sweet aroma. If it smells dank or acrid, the skin is reeking with bacteria and virus. Lysteria is the predominant pathogen and birds should be soaked in a solution of cold water and a tablespoon of sodium hypoclorite (bleach) for fifteen minutes prior to be prepared for cooking or storage. Rinse the bird, pat it dry and then go...

Hope This Helps

BAJA.DESERT.RAT - 10-10-2010 at 07:37 PM

mcfez You got a bad case of xenophobia. Grow up.

I am grown up and am asian too !

did you see the smiley face !!!!!!!!

yep, i have a sense of humor !!

BIEN SALUD, DA RAT

sanquintinsince73 - 10-10-2010 at 07:42 PM

You all have got me missin' the yellow bird.....best tasting, juciest pollo around.IMHO

JESSE - 10-10-2010 at 07:48 PM

"A chicken's skin color comes from the diet it was fed and the same bird could have a white skin or a yellow skin, depending on what it ate. The diet that produces a yellow skin is more expensive than the usual diet"

And There Are Black-Skinned Chickens in China

Gypsy Jan - 10-10-2010 at 08:14 PM

Highly prized and very expensive; they are said to yield a superior meat (yellow) and broth (normal-colored) for dishes.

Iflyfish - 10-10-2010 at 09:13 PM

They are orgasmic chickens. None better or happier.

Iflyfish

You're blind too

mcfez - 10-11-2010 at 07:20 AM

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Originally posted by BAJA.DESERT.RAT
mcfez You got a bad case of xenophobia. Grow up.

I am grown up and am asian too !

did you see the smiley face !!!!!!!!

yep, i have a sense of humor !!

BIEN SALUD, DA RAT

Invite me over for dinner, with your family there too. I'll crack jokes about ASIAN CHICKENS ? ISN'T THAT A chunkyEN ....and see what the faces of the children (and elder) look like after the "joke". If your response gonna be "they think the joke would be funny too"....then you need to be called BAJA.DESERT.RAT.LONG NOSE.

[Edited on 10-11-2010 by mcfez]

durrelllrobert - 10-11-2010 at 08:16 AM

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Originally posted by DavidE

I learned the hard way to never purchase chicken without sticking my nose down close to the dressed bird. It should have a sweet aroma. If it smells dank or acrid, the skin is reeking with bacteria and virus. Lysteria is the predominant pathogen and birds should be soaked in a solution of cold water and a tablespoon of sodium hypoclorite (bleach) for fifteen minutes prior to be prepared for cooking or storage. Rinse the bird, pat it dry and then go...

Hope This Helps

same thing goes for the birds at Anthony;s :lol:

DENNIS - 10-11-2010 at 08:26 AM

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Originally posted by DavidE
Marigold flowers it is and you should see vast fields of them growing between Cd. Obregon and Culiacan. My hens get fed natural corn, rice, sunflower seed, marigolds, and then they get to scratch all they want. The yolks are deep yellow and they literally stand off of the white. The yolks are actually a bit resistant to punture or breakage, you really have to stab them. The hens get fed ground up oyster shell for a calcium supplement.

Yeah...I had heard that Marigolds will have an effect on the yolk, but not the bird itself.

Baja&Back - 10-11-2010 at 09:17 AM

We have been told at various markets that it is the marigolds they are fed for the 2 weeks before packing.

Owning a farm we do....

mcfez - 10-11-2010 at 09:19 AM

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Originally posted by DENNIS

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Yellow yolks...can come from pasture grass as well. In fact...the more greens the ladies (chickens) eat ......the yellower the yolk, tinting of the meat...and simple fine eating when that time comes around.

Until recently..we used "mobile" chicken coops. This is a coop on wheels that is move around the farm for pasture and insect controls. Our eggs are the best.

[Edited on 10-11-2010 by mcfez]

Mexitron - 10-11-2010 at 10:55 AM

Dipping the chicken in bleach sounds yucky...cooking it correctly should get all the bad stuff that the bleach would get anyway...

vandenberg - 10-11-2010 at 11:06 AM

I think I did see a sign at Saul's market in Mulege stating:

"We sell corn fed beef and marigold fed chicken"

DianaT - 10-11-2010 at 03:32 PM

The first time we saw the really yellow chicken in markets on the mainland of Mexico, we did not know what to think!

But we soon found out they were delicious!

Give them a try!

DanO - 10-11-2010 at 03:54 PM

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Originally posted by durrelllrobert

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same thing goes for the birds at Anthony;s :lol:

Funny. Sick, but funny.

yellow chickens

lamision - 10-19-2010 at 01:44 PM

does anyone want to sell a portable chicken coop for natural scratching?

BajaNuts - 10-19-2010 at 10:23 PM

baja chickens are YUMMY!

Just like when we first got there, they told us to leave the eggs on the counter and put the bread in the refer. Opposite of NOB.

But the yellow chicken is delicious, eggs on the counter are normal, and bread in the refer is normal. Different, but normal.

Some things are unilateral-
cold beer, hot food and help others.

[Edited on 10-20-2010 by BajaNuts]

Cardon Man - 10-20-2010 at 06:49 AM

My cat loves raw chicken...but he won't eat the yellow Bachoco pollo. Makes me wonder about the pigmentation.

Cypress - 10-20-2010 at 06:51 AM

The color and texture of the fat is the result of what the chicken has been fed. Same with beef or pork.