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Broilers are different breeds than layers and “spent hens” tend to only get eaten by farmers, etc, because of the raised risk of deboning error and undesirably

Broilers are different breeds than layers and “spent hens” tend to only get eaten by farmers, etc, because of the raised risk of deboning error and undesirably tough meat

maerF0x0 4y ago
I've heard they make excellent slow cook recipes like stew, soup, braise though :)
- leni536 4y ago
  They apsolutely make excellent stock. I'm Hungarian and spent hen stock is quite commonky eaten in Hungary. Unfortunately spent hen is quite hard to source in the UK, where I am now.