Nova, is Mr. Fluffers your only roo now?
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Hi John,
We don't go by a certain age as our main market is at Thanksgiving and those birds are sold fresh, not frozen. This means that, regardless of age, all are butchered at the same time every year. That said, spring hatched poults are ready to butcher in the fall so there's no real need to overwinter anything besides breeders and, because Turkeys are seasonal layers, everything you butcher in the fall is at least around the same age give or take a few weeks one way or another. You can probably push it back to late summer, early fall if you wanted in the freezer sooner. I just can't attest to that as it's not something I've got experience with.
I also can't really give you a weight on them as it can vary widely depending on the strain of Narrs you pick up. Narragansetts, like most Heritage Turkeys and Chickens, haven't been selected for growth/meat production on most farms for many, many years. This leads to many being smaller than standard (which is around 23 lbs for a young Narr Tom.) So, if you buy from a hatchery or a breeder who is not focused on meat production or is not familiar with standard you can get birds that are genetically smaller. They simply don't have the propensity to grow to the capacity that true Narrs do. The final weight of your birds will largely depend on where you buy them. Ours dress out at 12-18 lbs at Thanksgiving time to give you an idea, but again just to stress: different strains will give different results. And then just as a note: hens, regardless of strain, are several pounds smaller than toms as well.
HTH!
Hi John,
We don't go by a certain age as our main market is at Thanksgiving and those birds are sold fresh, not frozen. This means that, regardless of age, all are butchered at the same time every year. That said, spring hatched poults are ready to butcher in the fall so there's no real need to overwinter anything besides breeders and, because Turkeys are seasonal layers, everything you butcher in the fall is at least around the same age give or take a few weeks one way or another. You can probably push it back to late summer, early fall if you wanted in the freezer sooner. I just can't attest to that as it's not something I've got experience with.
I also can't really give you a weight on them as it can vary widely depending on the strain of Narrs you pick up. Narragansetts, like most Heritage Turkeys and Chickens, haven't been selected for growth/meat production on most farms for many, many years. This leads to many being smaller than standard (which is around 23 lbs for a young Narr Tom.) So, if you buy from a hatchery or a breeder who is not focused on meat production or is not familiar with standard you can get birds that are genetically smaller. They simply don't have the propensity to grow to the capacity that true Narrs do. The final weight of your birds will largely depend on where you buy them. Ours dress out at 12-18 lbs at Thanksgiving time to give you an idea, but again just to stress: different strains will give different results. And then just as a note: hens, regardless of strain, are several pounds smaller than toms as well.
HTH!
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Hi john nice to see you back
M.sue :
ChicwannaB......if you still have the hatching fever in the spring .....I told you previously that I'd be interested in a couple of the Lemons. I also want a couple of BCM, I love the color of those dark eggs. A Frizzle is on my list too but I can't and don't want to tend to baby chicks in the winter months. My chicken buying urges will have to wait till the spring.
Nova....those ducks look like they are mischievous!! lol
OK, if I'm lucky enough to get a rooster and a hen out of the batch, but I don't think they'll be laying till summer at earliest.
ChicwannaB......if you still have the hatching fever in the spring .....I told you previously that I'd be interested in a couple of the Lemons. I also want a couple of BCM, I love the color of those dark eggs. A Frizzle is on my list too but I can't and don't want to tend to baby chicks in the winter months. My chicken buying urges will have to wait till the spring.
Nova....those ducks look like they are mischievous!! lol
OK, if I'm lucky enough to get a rooster and a hen out of the batch, but I don't think they'll be laying till summer at earliest.
I still have my Roger too. So two boys. Roger and Leila will be separated in the spring when I hope to have silkie babies. Also, I don't want my faverolle hen to mix with roger. Or Mr. Fluffers to even try and mount Leila! She is too small for his big butt!
how sweet your puppy is Theron.
Got a dog from animal control for my husband also, she has run off twice now. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
Not gonna last long running on Munger Rd, people use it like it's a jet landing strip.
She doesn't come when she's called.
Neighbor had his 3 Brittneys out, but he's got invisible fencing and they don't leave his yard. I couldn't get ours tho cause one of his dogs has bitten me before, she was hit by a car and hasn't been right in the head since. So I drove home and left her there, she finally came home on her own.
Got a dog from animal control for my husband also, she has run off twice now. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
Not gonna last long running on Munger Rd, people use it like it's a jet landing strip.
She doesn't come when she's called.
Neighbor had his 3 Brittneys out, but he's got invisible fencing and they don't leave his yard. I couldn't get ours tho cause one of his dogs has bitten me before, she was hit by a car and hasn't been right in the head since. So I drove home and left her there, she finally came home on her own.
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Maybe you need an invisible fence. Or a leash. LOL!
Maybe you need an invisible fence. Or a leash. LOL!
they've got these things now that are like a radar you plug it into you wall, and put the collar on the dog... I forget what its called, but you do not have to bury the fence this way.
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Maybe you need an invisible fence. Or a leash. LOL!
She had been out quite awhile, on a long rope. I put her in the house, closed the door, and then closed the outer door going in to the back porch. Went out and sat with the hens for a bit and enjoyed the piece and quiet.
When I went back to the porch and opened the door, the lab was in the back porch and shot out like lightening. She can push the other door open herself from the kitchen to the porch and I didn't know she was in there. Going to have to put a reminder note to self and hubby on the porch door, to open SLOWLY and watch for lab.
Our 9 mo old blonde chihuahua always goes out on a small rope too, because he don't come when called, and doesn't know the dangers of the road. All 6 other dogs know the rule and we don't have problems with them.
Maybe you need an invisible fence. Or a leash. LOL!
She had been out quite awhile, on a long rope. I put her in the house, closed the door, and then closed the outer door going in to the back porch. Went out and sat with the hens for a bit and enjoyed the piece and quiet.
When I went back to the porch and opened the door, the lab was in the back porch and shot out like lightening. She can push the other door open herself from the kitchen to the porch and I didn't know she was in there. Going to have to put a reminder note to self and hubby on the porch door, to open SLOWLY and watch for lab.
Our 9 mo old blonde chihuahua always goes out on a small rope too, because he don't come when called, and doesn't know the dangers of the road. All 6 other dogs know the rule and we don't have problems with them.
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PetSafe Radius Fencing. We have it and have had it for the past... almost 10 years now, I think. It works wonderfully and the company stands behind their product.
PetSafe Radius Fencing. We have it and have had it for the past... almost 10 years now, I think. It works wonderfully and the company stands behind their product.
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