Heritage Turkey dinner price?

[kuntrygirl]

I just bought a Bourbon Red Tom, 16lbs for $50.00 here in NH. That is a fantastic price, I usually pay $4.00 lb for a broad breasted!

That's how much I charge for my Bourbon Toms. $50.00.

 

[SillyChicken]

I am getting 5.00 a pound for mine (processed).

 

[Celie]

I am getting 5.00 a pound for mine (processed).

What breed do you raise?

 

[Celie]

That's how much I charge for my Bourbon Toms. $50.00.

Thanks., Country Girl, Chaching, I can hear the cash register already. I have Holland Whites, 33 of them. Most are still young, but with a dozen or so females for breeding stock, next year, I should have a lot of Thanksgiving turkeys to sell. How many hens do you have and how many eggs do you hatch each year? Is that already processed? What size? When mine start laying, I will send you some eggs, if you like.

 

[n8mont4]

I sold all 7 of my heritage turkeys for $5 a pound. You are right, my customers were very wealthy! They all had really nice cars. Most of them said they have a health problem (diabetes, high blood pressure) and that free range meat doesnt make their condition worse. After selling all 7 of my turkeys I made roughly $150 profit. Pretty good, but A LOT of work, especially since they decided they hated getting their wings trimmed and that they wanted to visit all my neighbors. lol

 

[r4eboxer]

I got my turkeys with the intent of selling some one day. I work in a professional building and have had many attorneys ask about free range ducks, goose and turkeys. However I am not skilled in processing. How long did it take y'all to master the processing? And how many birds did you use for practice?

 

[beanmcnulty]

I have posted here before, I sell mine for $5/# also, processed at state inspected facility, and it is a lot of work, free ranging. I have a spreadsheet to keep track of my meager profits and the heritage turkeys are the least profitable, compared to eggs and ranger broilers. They have such a high feed conversion, that's probably why.

 

[Celie]

I got my turkeys with the intent of selling some one day. I work in a professional building and have had many attorneys ask about free range ducks, goose and turkeys. However I am not skilled in processing. How long did it take y'all to master the processing? And how many birds did you use for practice?

It takes me about an hour for a 35# white feathered turkey, but would take a lot longer for a dark feathered bird as they have dark pin feathered and don't process as easily. The first 2 or 3 took a lot longer, until I got used to it. Now with a hot water 155 degree plunge, I could probably plucking in 25 to 35 minutes.

I have posted here before, I sell mine for $5/# also, processed at state inspected facility, and it is a lot of work, free ranging. I have a spreadsheet to keep track of my meager profits and the heritage turkeys are the least profitable, compared to eggs and ranger broilers. They have such a high feed conversion, that's probably why.

When my turkeys were growing their frame during the first 8 to 9 months, they ate a lot.Now at 14-15 months, they eat less than the chickens and forage better too.

 

[Lagerdogger]

I can get $4.50/lb but lose customers at $5. We do about 25 the Sunday before Thanksgiving. We us a WhizBang chicken plucker and get all of them done in 3 or 4 hours.

 

[frank53061]

If you go back and look were most everybody is from that is getting $5 pound its a higher cost of living and higher wages.
From others that are Getting $50 a bird and that is what I am getting because of the lower cost of living and lower wages.
There is always an exception to the rule tho.

So some one offering sales advice from Colorado Springs to to some one in Hogscald Arkansas there could be a slight difference in wages and cost of living.