I am currently making chicken stock and am wondering about the ratio of
chicken to water. My book says 1 gallon of water to 8lbs of meaty chicken
bones. I tried two different stores and neither of them fabricate their
chicken products, so they don't have any bones. What I did was buy a whole
bird (around 4lbs on sale for 1.29/lb) skinned it, cut it into about 6
pieces and covered it with 1/2 gallon of water. My question is... since I'm
using a whole bird, with a lot more meat than the "meaty bones" the recipe
calls for, can I add more water to the pot to get more stock out of this
batch without diluting the flavor too much?

Thanks,
Tom