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Skin has stained from it. I’ll gut it, but will it still be edible or is it a waste

I’d like to add I did dry pluck it so if I wash it down wil I then have to start éviscération process now instead of aging

Hello all, It’s that time of year for us again. During my harvesting of our Christmas turkey. I have left it for a moment after plucking and returned to it covered in urine/muck. An obvious release of something but it is All over the skin and possibly in feather holes. Is the bird now ruined...

I only have this from a couple Weeks ago, the comb is more visible now. But I’m guessing by the rump feathers it’s male too?

They were hatched August so approx 8 months, do they tend to have different combs within the breed? These 2 have a flat comb and the 3rd has a more of a "traditional" chicken comb like a spiky Mohawk. They are of the same clutch

Now I believe that these are roos, but I have a 3rd with different type of comb. I believe they are all males but can anyone confirm

i bought a few "pullets" some months back, sold to me and told they would start to lay in December, (Lavender Araucanas (UK)) now I hatched my own at the same time aswell but now I’m beginning to think they are older than what they were sold to me as because 1) they have not laid an egg yet. & 2...

Yeah, one of his buddies is the local turkey salesman and said to leave it all inside for a week and eviscerate on Xmas eve, I personally don’t feel comfortable doing that and want to eviscerate. Im torn between what to do!! If it was all rested and gutted same day I wouldn’t mind but it’s the...

Thanks, he also thinks so. Maybe once eviscerated and cleaned up then put in the fridge they will be ok

Yeah, he says should be fine but I’m abit unsure. But thanks

My father in law said he would hang the turkeys and clean them but it’s been 2 days and he got called out for work There is still blood on the skin and a few pins that need removing. I was planning on eviscerating them tomorrow but I have just seen how they look and feel they may be spoilt...

So i left it down to my in-laws and they have left the guts in and have hung them rather bad in an old fridge (switched off) it’s not finished being plucked of the pins and will get eviscerated but the blood from the necks has got on the body. Will eviscerate tomorrow and has been two days now...

Great article, very informative although hanging turkey after being eviscerated/dressed even in an enclosed room just doesn’t sit well with me. Unless someone gives me the go ahead aha.

They are heritage cross. Norfolk black / Crollwitzer. Do you hang them after you cut the head off? If so for how long?

Hello, The time has come to do the deed with our turkeys. What would be the best way to process. By knife or by broom? We intend on doing it on Friday to let hang for a week before Xmas but are unsure if by knife will mean bacteria and the bird going bad. Do we hang whilst it has not been...