How do i finish a Turkey?

[Armageddon]

I have two Turkeys, I think they are Bronze? I would like to process them for Thanksgiving and Christmas. What do i feed them to finish them up?

 

[paddock36]

How 'bout corn. That's what we fed ours to fatten them up.

 

[mbnewby]

how about stuffing then stick em in the oven at 375

 

[momma's chickens]

Not sure this is what they were looking for but

 

[OmaBird]

Extra corn is the normal way to finish them. I not sure I like corn even for finishing them. It seems like they get goobs and goobs of fat under the skin around the breast. Like all the extra weight is in just skin fat. I raise turkeys for health (my husand does not let me eat them now, I am working on it for Thankgiving). I would just grass feed them if I had grass. Adding corn makes the meat high in Omega 6. We already eat more Omega 6 than we need. Grass feeding will make a bird that is rich in Omega 3 and have a rich taste.

Some of my best Turkeys where ones we did not plan to eat. But something happened (injury) and we needed to butcher them.

 

[Armageddon]

Hmm.... LOL! Funny post...

i was actually looking for the best way to feed them prior to the oven method! LOL!

I don't have alot of 'grass' could I use hay or something similar? Might be hard to explain to people why I want their yard clippings....

 

[Lotsapaints]

My neighbors gladly bring all their clippings I just ask them to not bring them if they fertilized or put weed killer on...my birds have a feast

 

[pdpatch]

Corn is not the best way to finish off a turkey, straight corn adds fat to them. Also regular Lawn grass clipping is not the best but better then corn.
Some feed stores have whats called fancy scratch, it's corn plus a variety of others seeds it seems to add to the richness of there flavor. Some stores that sale rabbits or have rabbit food have grass, I don't remember the type of grass this is but it can help add to the taste also.



Tom

 

[Steve_of_sandspoultry]

I don't feed any different to finish them, we throw out whole corn every afternoon at feeding time plus they get hard boiled eggs a couple times a week and any weeds of garden extras we have.

Steve

 

[Frosty]

Last year I had the best and juiciest turkeys I have ever raised. We had a glut of apples, and every day I took a bucket load in to the turkeys along with their regular feed. I wanted to try again this year, so of course the apple trees aren't co-operating

There was a lot of juice from the turkey in the pan, and very little of it was fat. Maybe 1/2" of fat on top while cooling in a 4 cup container. I freeze the excess juice for later use (I freeze it in small containers then transfer the frozen chunks to a plastic bag so that I can just take out whatever I feel that I need).