"fattening" up a turkey

[bargain]

Okay I have three turkeys that hubbies has marked for christmas dinner - one for him, one for his mom and one for a dear friend.!

I'm not happy with the idea, but how do I safely put weight on a turkey? Thanks.

PS I have smaller turkeys for sale ....some 3 weeks and some now 6 weeks old. Please let me know if you are interested.

 

[silkiechicken]

What kind of turkey are they? If they are not the broad breasted bronze or broad breasted white, they will have a body like a dual purpose chicken. Meaning they will have single breasts and you wont be able to "fatten" them really.

 

[sandspoultry]

When we did Thanksgiving turkeys we fed them a 18% grow and finish up to processing.

Steve in NC

 

[pdpatch]

We are trying a finisher feed this year,
mix 1: 50% wild game bird starter/finisher 22 % protein, 20% rolled oats, 30 % cracked corn.
mix 2: 50% wild game starter/finisher 22 % protein, 50% cracked corn, range fed.

Mix 2 seems to be better so far with Blue Slate and Red Bourbon turkeys.

Tom