I have a BBW named TD (thanksgiving dinner) and I have no idea what she weighs.
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I make pate' from the livers, and my wife and daughter hog it all! It's like a spread that they eat with crackers or Fritos.I sent my BBW hens to the processor on Wednesday. Got them back today. They ranged from 16 - 21 lbs .. I did not keep the giblets. We had 14 processed and I got all the livers packaged seperately in 4 different packs. I have never ate turkey livers. Hope they are good.
Darin
Hi, my birds were Midget Whites and were right at 7 1/2 months. Unfortunately, we didn't know that we had BBW when we got them, we were told that they were White Hollands, so we kept them for breeders. At about 8 month old, severe health problems took their toll. The hen prolapsed and died. It was then that we realized that they were BBW, she weighed about 35 pounds or more! The tom, who had seemed to be stuck in a permanent strutting position, obviously had leg problems, and the others had picked on him so severely that we decided to put him down. Although he didn't look like it, he weighed in at 48 pounds!ScottnLydia: how old were the ones who weighed about 12 pounds? Were they your BBW?
Darin115: How old were your birds when you had them processed?
Mine are a little over 18 weeks right now (4 months)... They do not look big enough to me yet! I was really hoping that at least one of them would be big enough to butcher on the 18th, but that is only 2 weeks away! I can't imagine them getting much bigger in 2 weeks.
I would be happy with a 12-15 pound bird to put in the oven on T-day.
ScottnLydia: how old were the ones who weighed about 12 pounds? Were they your BBW?
Darin115: How old were your birds when you had them processed?
Mine are a little over 18 weeks right now (4 months)... They do not look big enough to me yet! I was really hoping that at least one of them would be big enough to butcher on the 18th, but that is only 2 weeks away! I can't imagine them getting much bigger in 2 weeks.
I would be happy with a 12-15 pound bird to put in the oven on T-day.