[kegs]

I was only looking for pictures of scaly leg mite and now I'm going to have nightmares!


Check out Image 2 of 6 !!!

I am never adding one of these to our flock.    

http://www.kampfhuehner.de/e/vietnam.html

[sneezer]

I dont know about nightmares but the third picture turned my stomach, they look horid!!

[ANHBUC]

My brother in law was given a cockerel once and it had a really bad infestation.  The hens pecked away at its legs and it cleared up in a couple of weeks.  Yuk!   

[kegs]

But the legs of these Ga Dong birds are meant to look like that - they haven't got leg mites! :blink:

[ANHBUC]

I thought so, but they do look mite infested, just as my brother in law described.  Funny what some people consider as beautiful.   

[YoungChickenLover]

I'm one of those people who can look a any chicken, from a Cochin to  Shamo, and go 'ahhh, how cute!!'. But these!!!!!? I draw the line!!
Weasel and the chooks

[SnooziSuzi]

crikey! they look like some kind of mutant, bent-on-world-destruction, type of chickens!

[shetan]

drumstick anyone?

they look a lot like the other asian fighting breeds such as the shamo and aseel but on a greater extreme. reminded me of the elephant man....so different you can't help but stare and feel repulsed but feel sorry at the same time.

[kegs]

drumstick anyone?

Oh you're all such foodies.  Here you are then.

Thit Ga Dong (Jellied Ga Dong)   
(recipe courtesy of http://tastefood.info/jellied-chicken-thit-ga-dong/)

INGREDIENTS:
1 tablespoon tree ears       
10 strands agar-agar   
3 cups water
2 chicken legs with thighs   
pork skin (a piece about the size of a hand)   
2 shallots or white part of 2 scallions, chopped
2-1/2 tablespoons fish sauce   
1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper   
pinch of MSG (optional)

1   Soak the tree ears for 15 minutes, then drain and chop fine. Soak the agar-agar in cold water for 5 to 10 minutes; drain before using.

2   Bring the 3 cups of water to a boil and drop in the chicken legs and pork skin. Cook, uncovered, for 20 minutes over medium heat, then remove chicken and the pork skin from the broth. Reserve the broth in the pot.

3   Shred the pork skin with a sharp knife and cut the chicken into strips; cut each stip crosswise into 3 pieces. Combine in a bowl the shallots, chicken and pork, tree ears, fish sauce, black pepper, and MSG; set aside.

4   Return the broth to a boil. Remove the agar-agar from its bowl of water and drop into the boiling broth. After it has boiled for 5 minutes, drop in the minutes more, stirring frequently.

5   Pour into a 9-inch pie plate. Cool, then chill in the refrigerator for several hours, until the gelatin mixture is firm. (This becomes jellied very quickly because of the pork skin and agar-agar.) Cut into 1-inch cubes before serving as directed above.

    

[shetan]

ok now i think i'm gonna be sick!

[ANHBUC]

ok now i think i'm gonna be sick!

You shouldn't read this thread in your condition.   

[shetan]

i don't know anhbuc. for the first 6 weeks all i dreamt about was eating meat - raw. i could almost taste the blood....weird and sad i know. i would dream about chasing pigs and goats and starting off a spit roast - losing control and not waiting until it was cooked, just long enough to get the first layers off!

and i never needed a knife and fork! hubby is adamant its going to be a strapping boy.

[ANHBUC]

I was the opposite, couldn't stomach the smell of raw meat.  Could even smell it through the packaging in the Supermarket so couldn't go down the meat aisle.  Did love bacon sandwiches and pizza though.