fattening heritage turkeys?

[chickenannie]

Thanks Tom, for the info. Do you think a turkey would ever be "too old" for butchering? Would a 2 or 3 year old turkey be fine, if you cooked it slow, etc?

 

[pdpatch]

My feelling is that any poultry is never to old to butcher. You just have to get more creative in how prepare and you cook it.

With a bird that old you may have to de-bone the turkey first, before cooking, and use a mechanical tenderizer. the slow cook the meat. Or maybe grind it up and make sausage out if it, or even make Turkey jerky.

Tom