That is impressive!
I just picked up my turkey tonight and I had told the guy who raised them that I wanted the biggest one he got when he processed them.
He told me that last year his customers were not happy that the turkeys were so large, they were expecting turkeys to be in the 20-25 lb range and they were all much bigger and they didn't want a 50 lb turkey so he said he started them later this year on purpose so he wouldn't run into the same problem.
Just my luck, I would have taken that ol 50 lb turkey.
He still had one for me tonight that was a little over 27 lbs, so it will do.
I ordered two more from another guy so that I could have some in the freezer but I won't know until tomorrow how big they dressed out at.
This year is our first year with home grown turkeys for the holidays.
I can't believe those turkeys were hatched in July, thats pretty amazing. Congratulations.
You will have lots of turkey, stuffing and cranberry sandwiches for leftovers. mmm mmm