Has anybody eaten a three-year-old turkey>

[denwally]

I thought I was catching two young heritage toms this morning to butcher for Thanksgiving. After killing, I realized that one of them was one of my breeding stock hens. My hens are banded, but apparently this one had lost its band. Now that she is in the fridge, I was wondering if she would roast OK anyway. Has anybody tried? She had a nice layer of fat which should be tasty. I just don't know if they get tough. I had a friend once who had an 18 month-old broad breasted tom butchered, and the processor said that turkeys don't get tough like chickens. True?

 

[LogCabinChicks]

My processor said yesterday that this one couple always brings him a bird that is 2+ years old every year to butcher for their Thanksgiving...he doesn't know how the birds tastes, but he says that they are very tough to process as the skin is very tough "can hardly get my knife through it" was his exact quote.

 

[retlaw]

Be sure and report back your dinning experience.

 

[Peep_Show]

When in doubt, grind.