Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

[Gordenia]

Selling Bresse and Ayam Cemani. Give me an offer.
Thank you

 

[HeartoftheMatterFarm]

Next year I want to raise some turkeys for meat. What is the best bred and when is a good time to get them? I would like to have them free range with my chickens if possible.

 

[BullChick]

Next year I want to raise some turkeys for meat. What is the best bred and when is a good time to get them? I would like to have them free range with my chickens if possible.

Bourbon Reds are the best. They get big enough to feed a whole family, are gorgeous and friendly. They are suitable for a small family after maybe six months. You really want them more like 18 months.
They are good mothers too.

 

[BullChick]

Of course, if you want them for Thanksgiving dinner, BBW and BBB can be butchered at 20-22 weeks. Mine were not lazy eating machines. The tom still weighed about 37# dressed at 24 weeks.

 

[HeartoftheMatterFarm]

Next question is where is the best place to get them? And what is a good price?

 

[BullChick]

I got those from Calico Creek, but that’s far away from you. I’ll have to defer to @Auroradream26 and @dheltzel for location. Price is about $6 at feedstores

 

[HeartoftheMatterFarm]

I know where calico creek is. I have family in Jersey Shore. Maybe I may have to make a trip up next year and busy family and go get some.

 

[BullChick]

You should preorder the number you want (I only got two BBW and five Bourbons) to be sure they have them for you. I had an idiot overly helpful woman try to pick out my birds. When she went away, I swapped a girl BBW for a boy, and managed to get two female BR. I still had three Bourbon jakes, but they were supposed to be food anyway.
I had no issues with processing turkeys. They were always destined to be food, and the large cavity made it look easy to clean. My husband and a friend did that part though.
The chickens are still too hard for me to just kill. I have to really psyche myself up to do it, and not let anything delay me.
Which is why I still have too many roosters. I was supposed to kill ‘em, but someone said, “NO!! I’ll take them!” But never showed up.

 

[HeartoftheMatterFarm]

I dont mind the butchering. When ever I get to many roosters, I do it all from start to finish by myself if its a only a couple. I try to get my kids to help me. Sometimes hubby will help.

 

[HeartoftheMatterFarm]

How do you tell male from females?