How much would you pay....I have a plan! see post #16

[SandraMort]

From the perspective of someone who went through this as a customer, I found using weights other than dressed weight to be really awkward. They all explained to me that hanging weight (after slaughtering, before butchering) was X% more than the final packaged meat weight, but not having an exact number was very disconcerting. It would have made me a LOT happier if they did that math in advance. It wasn't hard, once I had the meat, to do the math and see that it came out to about Y per pound. So yeah, they could have done the math, rounded it up to ensure a decent profit and had a happier customer even with the higher price.

Edit: I was buying a half side of beef, not a turkey, but it's the same math.

 

[AtRendeAcres]

I didn’t read all posts so I don’t know if this was mentioned!

We are thinking of letting a few family or friends adapt a turkey this year!
I am thinking around $25/$30.

I was also thinking about the Midget! There is a wonderful article in Countryside Nov/Dec on White feathered Heritage Turkeys!

I figure this will give me the money to get the amount of turkeys you have to
buy
cover the starter
buy a movable electric fence
I will get a breeding flock!!!
they will get a turkey (that doesn’t have to be dressed perfect cause they know I am fairly NEW at this)

In raising BB I learned
how messy they are in a coop
(I spent a lot of money on litter & it was a lot of work keeping pens cleaned)
They also didn’t forage (so a lot on feed)

Midgets
Friendly
Do well at Foraging
Do fly (so we will keep wings cut)