Number of birds

[Anonymous]

I’m going to have about 13 meat eaters (plus some vegans/non-vegetarians) on my hand for Thanksgiving. No one likes Turkey, so I wanted to do chicken and duck. Are 2 chicken and 1 duck (I’m fairly certain 3 or 4 of the 13 won’t eat it) sufficient?

If you have bought duck before, what’s a good source?

[Anonymous]

2 chicken are not enough. I’d have one breast per meat eater.

[Anonymous]

One whole chicken equals 8 pieces of chicken -- 2 breasts, two wings, 2 thighs, 2 drumsticks. I always assume 2 pieces of chicken per person. So 2 chickens means enough for 8 people. I have never cooked a duck before. A duck is bigger than a chicken, so I would guess that a duck would feed 6 maybe.

[Anonymous]

Each duck and chicken feed 3-4 people

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One whole chicken equals 8 pieces of chicken -- 2 breasts, two wings, 2 thighs, 2 drumsticks. I always assume 2 pieces of chicken per person. So 2 chickens means enough for 8 people. I have never cooked a duck before. A duck is bigger than a chicken, so I would guess that a duck would feed 6 maybe.

PP here.
I just looked it up. Apparently a duck is not actually bigger than a chicken. It's about the same size. So I am going to guess that one entire duck would be enough meat for 4.

[Anonymous]

2 wings is not much food.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One whole chicken equals 8 pieces of chicken -- 2 breasts, two wings, 2 thighs, 2 drumsticks. I always assume 2 pieces of chicken per person. So 2 chickens means enough for 8 people. I have never cooked a duck before. A duck is bigger than a chicken, so I would guess that a duck would feed 6 maybe.

PP here.
I just looked it up. Apparently a duck is not actually bigger than a chicken. It's about the same size. So I am going to guess that one entire duck would be enough meat for 4.

Huh. I assumed it's a bigger bird too. It's like 4x the price of a chicken. I guess I'll add a couple more chicken, then.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One whole chicken equals 8 pieces of chicken -- 2 breasts, two wings, 2 thighs, 2 drumsticks. I always assume 2 pieces of chicken per person. So 2 chickens means enough for 8 people. I have never cooked a duck before. A duck is bigger than a chicken, so I would guess that a duck would feed 6 maybe.

PP here.
I just looked it up. Apparently a duck is not actually bigger than a chicken. It's about the same size. So I am going to guess that one entire duck would be enough meat for 4.

Huh. I assumed it's a bigger bird too. It's like 4x the price of a chicken. I guess I'll add a couple more chicken, then.

Ha Ha! I would probably end up doing the same.
Cornish hens is an option. I have made those several times. They are about 3 to 3 1/2 pounds each. Each person gets 1/2 of a cornish hen.
The only problem I would have with cornish hens though is my oven is small, so I could only cook 4 at a time.

[Anonymous]

Assuming you have all the traditional sides, the meat becomes secondary, and people ear a lot less than you think.

[Anonymous]

Don’t do chick AND duck. I would do one or the other and then a beef or lamp chops. I would be disappointed to eat a roasted chick for tgiving!

[Anonymous]

Remember a lot of people like white meat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don’t do chick AND duck. I would do one or the other and then a beef or lamp chops. I would be disappointed to eat a roasted chick for tgiving!

+2

We are doing 3 turkey breasts (7lbs each) for 14 people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Remember a lot of people like white meat.

Not at our house.

[Anonymous]

2 chicken and 1 duck is fine.

Maybe get an extra chicken to be safe.

[Anonymous]

Duck doesn’t feed more than 3-4. I would do 2 of each, because duck is more special than chicken so I would prioritize it.