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We cooked a 2-3 year old Tom that weighed 28# dressed and he cooked in 3 hours on 325 (170 degrees everywhere so actually overdone) and it was excellent. Very juicy and tasty with a bit of the typical heritage chewiness, but not bad at all and that was without a brine. I say just cook as normal.

Oh no. He is a straight up a jerk. He pecks when you're not looking and occasionally gives you the spurs. I will take pleasure in cooking him some day. But like I said, he is a good looking bird and gets the job done.

I think turkeys are shy........they aren't the exibisionist types. They like to do the naughty deed in private I guess. I hardly ever saw my tom doing his job but I hatched out a few poults last year. Hoping to do the same this year. On a different note; Oneor two more seasons of breeding back...

None got sick at all. She is still with them though they are twice her size now. A word of caution though. There are a few things to be aware of if you go this route. One is obvious; The bantam is small and her ability to cover and provide body heat is limited so care must be taken to make sure...

This is our bantam part silkie Hen that I named Felix after she survived a fox attack by outrunning it until I could intervene. She is broody as heck and hatched 6 of 6 turkey eggs for us this fall. Previously this year she hatched 2 broods of layers and 2 broods of bantams. The ol' girl is...

http://www.justanswer.com/bird-vet/56pnz-respiratory-symptoms-added-daily-tsp.html I found this information. Apparently the product we are using was never approved for chickens that are used for egg production but there is some insight on that in the link above. I'm satisfied with the 12 days...

I thought I read that there was no wait period for egg consumption but that does not work for me. We waited about a week for things to clear out but there was no scientific reasonning for that, just being safe I guess. I don't have a bag in front of me but I thought I read no wait period and was...

Well I am more concerned about using a safe and correct dosage than I am about having the right answer. And since I don't believe EVERYTHING I read on the internet I like to find confirmation of an answer before I put anyone (and yes, even birds) at risk. Too often I see several people post the...

Hi ck, Thanks for the efforts here. To answer your question of where did I get the density of the powder I will reveal my limits on this subject very quickly. All I did was find a conversion chart online that converted grams to teaspoons (US). By the sounds of things the unit of measure...

I'm curious to see if anyone can/will either confirm or dispute the information I posted. I did the math multiple times and I believe the doses I cited are correct but I may have missed something.

I drove 2 hours and paid $45 for a Narri Tom last year. He is a nice specimen and we hatched a couple batches of poults (thanks to a broody half silky bantam hen) so I guess he was worth it. My 9yo named him Tommy Gun because he will come up behind and peck at you if you're not on the ball. I...

Wait. If we do the math from a full bag (or the amounts listed on the back of the bag) and use a 400mg of medicine doesage rate we find that the bag (280g) will make 256 gallons (128 gallons, the rate of dosage for 800mg, times two) OR (512 gallons, the rate for 200mg doseage rate divided in...

OK. Like I said, I'm not trying to figure how much they cost me and basing a price on that, I was just curious as to what you folks with experience selling heritage birds for dinner have gotten or plan to get for them. $2 a pound is a hard number that I can factor in. Thank you.

I am going to butcher a few of my Heritage birds this Thanksgiving, one for us and two for neighbors. Without trying to figure the cost of raising them and making a profit (not gonna happen) I just wonder what you folks think is a fair price to charge? I have one large Tom and one hen looking at...

Thanks for your reply and the advice Jim. I will be lurking here to get as much information as I can in the near future. I was hoping it would be an easier task to find breeding stock than it is but I guess that is part of the fun, that these birds are pretty rare.

Being from Rhode Island I am in the same "boat" as Arielle; I would like to raise Narragansetts from good stock. Do I need stock from two or more sources to keep from inbreeding? Again, how many unique bloodlines can there be and who has them? Thanks in advance for any help on this subject.

So what is the answer? Hi all. I am new to even the idea of raising turkeys but having a flock of Narragansetts this spring is a goal of mine. I would very much like to start out with good breeding stock but having read through this thread completely and several of the links posted, I understand...