Christmas Turkey

[ross]

95 $ for a dead , plucked , cleaned turkey . I rest my case :-(

[SandyM]

People are funny :) but at one point in my life I was one of 'those people' so I have tolerance for it.

I called the day I was leaving to ask how many dozen eggs I should bring. I got told they bought eggs and they aren't comfortable eating mine because mine aren't inspected. I responded with because they don't need to be. Duh!

So I ate store bought eggs a few mornings for breakfast and I will say, I didn't look for them to taste different, but wow, what a difference in yolk size, colour and taste!

I love my eggs!!

[Home Grown Poultry]

$95 for a TURKEY! thats CRAZY!!! WOW one could raise probably 6 for their freezer and be darn close to organic!

that blows my mind haha!

everybody loved the turkey and it was sooooo delicious and very very moist! it turned out much better than I expected considering he was about 3 years old. he was just as good and tender as the one young one I ran over with my truck or the young jake I shot 2 years ago. I hope I shoot another this spring!!! slow roasted for about 8 hours at 300* then 350* for the last hour. it just fell right off the bone!

were still eating him and about to turn all the leftoves into something else..

Sandy you should have brought your eggs anyways... haha I always do LOL. just so they can see and taste the difference. they always change their mind.

[SandyM]

Turkey pot pie with a biscuit blanket Al? That's what I do for my left over chicken :) delish!!

You're right, next time I should bring my own eggs and bully my spot in the fridge lol. Consider it done!! I was actually thinking if I'm doing the same thing next year (travelling east) I should raise a turkey or two cause I sure as hell am not paying $95 ever again.

[SandyM]

A cow pops up when I type bul*y lol. Admin? Can we extend that to over ride @ bullsh?

[Home Grown Poultry]

hahahha yup it does over ride bull paddies! hahaha

[Skinny rooster]

Does that breed hatch their own chicks? I wonder about them, it sounds like a perfect breed for small families or people who like their own meat. Why don't more people keep them, is there a problem raising them?

[Home Grown Poultry]

the bswt was made for homesteading by the USDA in the late 30's. they are excellant broodies and are very successful. i had 1 hen hatch 14 poults. I lost her and a few other broodies along with their broods to coyotes. they will just sleep on the ground wherever they are as soon as it starts to get dark. thats exactly why I built this massive chicken run at the new place.

theres nothing wrong with the breed at all but theres only like 500 adult breeders in the world. as the progression of turkey genetics went on and they created the meat turkey of today... broad breasted that grows to the size of a bswt in 6-8 weeks. the bswt almost went extinct. there were a couple research flocks that were eventually dispersed to very lucky members of the public and this is what saved them. breeders are needed!

[Home Grown Poultry]

I think people just dont like white birds... I do and believe that the white color is the perfect camo in the middle of winter when predators are most desperate.

[WLLady]

SandyM, as long as you say bull with a space between the two words you will get well, what just came up.
but you have to put a space between the two words.....i'm sure you can manage :rofl1:
and you're welcome. took me a while to figure that one out. it doesn't work when there's no space though. and i can't fix that. otherwise you get bull paddies

al, if i didn't have heritage breed turkeys here....lol. i unfortunately don't have a stall open...lol.
i like the white birds too, and i loved your birds when i was over, so polite! but i'm a colour kid at heart i think. the more colour the better....i don't know. not finding much of a market for turkeys right now, maybe i am not looking in the right places, but i also don't raise for meat (except for my family) and well, we aren't a big family...lol

okay, i hit the submit button WAY too early there...sorry about that. onwards! moving furniture today and then having our own leftovers tonight-the chicken made a wonderful stock after, added onion, carrot and potatoes and made some dumplings....yum.