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[perchie.girl]

Quote: Thanks Deb, That is two home grown broad breasted turkey one was a white the 40+ pounds and the other was a bronze 35 pounds. And we are having them cooked for us as the 40 pounder will not fit in my oven or a pan I own. lol
My problem is I always cooked to much food and had 3 fridg's to put it in after dinner. Now I only have one fridg and two freezers. lol So I cannot afford to over do it to much. And someone gave us two more turkey's today. lol They can wait till next month. We will be cooking all the fixings to go with the turkey and ham dinner and deserts. We will be making dressing, gravy, potato salad, english pea salad, lima beans, sweet potato casserole, corn soufle', green bean casserole, ham, mac-n-cheese. I can't even think of what all the kids are bringing. Pies and cookies, cakes and other deserts. I know we will have several family members staying for a few days. So lots of left overs to eat.

Hey Chicka, Last year on here, Rosemarie I think, used a "cuts all" (reciprocating saw) to cut her too big frozen turkey right down the middle. Worked great. Talking about 30 pound turkeys.....funny story. When I was young and stupid I lived in Mexico City where at that time (60's) they didn't celebrate the holiday so husband decides to invite all his friends to eat with us. I'd never cooked a turkey, (had barely cooked for that matter) and his brother gifted us with a 30 pound one. In Mexico lunch is around 3 PM and dinner is around 8PM. Well, it wasn't done for lunch and it wasn't done for dinner. I think we finally ate the d*** thing at about 9:30 after we'd eaten everything else! Due partly because I didn't know how long it would take and partly because the oven wasn't hot enough. (Thankfully, I didn't make anyone sick!)

I remember that.... I wonder if you can get a stainless steel blade for it....

deb off to go dig on the internet.

 

[Amberjem]

"sprout pie?" - what kind of sprouts ?

Your chickens should love it.

I want to do a sprout box in the pen.....

 

[perchie.girl]

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Totally different than the original subject.... I was buying PIES at a grocery store called Sprouts. LOL.

Sprout boxes are great..... for the pen... Kale is one treat that handles lots of abuse and can be grown directly under a wire floor for the coop.

deb

 

[Amberjem]

Totally different than the original subject.... I was buying PIES at a grocery store called Sprouts. LOL.

Sprout boxes are great..... for the pen... Kale is one treat that handles lots of abuse and can be grown directly under a wire floor for the coop.

deb

hehe oops ahh kale really hadnt even thought of that for that kewl


btw someone said there was a list somewhere of fodos chickens shouldnt have anyone have the link?

 

[perchie.girl]

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Are you like me you NEVER sleep...

key in the words poisonous plants right here on BYC.... There will be several threads but there is one that is a spreadsheet.
that will be the best organized and quickly parused through.

Awe Heck
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/627282/comprehensive-list-of-poisonous-plants-and-trees

and This one is on a website that is inactive he keeps it open because there is a wealth of info on it.

http://www.bhttp://www.poultryhelp.com/toxicplants.html

Keep in mind Toxic comes in various levels ... Like for instance Apple seeds hava a toxic component... Eaten occasionally when you make applesauce... Not so much. Because the bird isnt relying on it as a main diet...

deb

 

[Amberjem]

Are you like me you NEVER sleep...

key in the words poisonous plants right here on BYC.... There will be several threads but there is one that is a spreadsheet.
that will be the best organized and quickly parused through.

Awe Heck
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/627282/comprehensive-list-of-poisonous-plants-and-trees

and This one is on a website that is inactive he keeps it open because there is a wealth of info on it.

http://www.bhttp://www.poultryhelp.com/toxicplants.html

Keep in mind Toxic comes in various levels ... Like for instance Apple seeds hava a toxic component... Eaten occasionally when you make applesauce... Not so much. Because the bird isnt relying on it as a main diet...

deb

I have the worse sleep pattern in the history of sleep patterns......I want to hatch some eggs I been looking at hatchling pictures........ I dunno there are a couple incubators in craiglist but I am worried they wont be any good..and or maybe I should just make an incubator............ I made one for the quail eggs back in maryland at our other house used a lunchbox cooler n stuff.... I dunno aside from just simply wanting to go thru the whole hatching egg and chick process.......I've been thinking it could come in handy for say a broody not sitting long enough or whatever..........


also arent the appleseeds carry more arsenic depending onw hent hey are picked ?

 

[perchie.girl]

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I was using apple seeds as a for instance.... LOL.

deb "who has a seriously messed up biorythim as well"

 

[Amberjem]

 

[chickadoodles]

Quote: Thanks Deb, That is two home grown broad breasted turkey one was a white the 40+ pounds and the other was a bronze 35 pounds. And we are having them cooked for us as the 40 pounder will not fit in my oven or a pan I own. lol
My problem is I always cooked to much food and had 3 fridg's to put it in after dinner. Now I only have one fridg and two freezers. lol So I cannot afford to over do it to much. And someone gave us two more turkey's today. lol They can wait till next month. We will be cooking all the fixings to go with the turkey and ham dinner and deserts. We will be making dressing, gravy, potato salad, english pea salad, lima beans, sweet potato casserole, corn soufle', green bean casserole, ham, mac-n-cheese. I can't even think of what all the kids are bringing. Pies and cookies, cakes and other deserts. I know we will have several family members staying for a few days. So lots of left overs to eat.

Hey Chicka, Last year on here, Rosemarie I think, used a "cuts all" (reciprocating saw) to cut her too big frozen turkey right down the middle. Worked great. Talking about 30 pound turkeys.....funny story. When I was young and stupid I lived in Mexico City where at that time (60's) they didn't celebrate the holiday so husband decides to invite all his friends to eat with us. I'd never cooked a turkey, (had barely cooked for that matter) and his brother gifted us with a 30 pound one. In Mexico lunch is around 3 PM and dinner is around 8PM. Well, it wasn't done for lunch and it wasn't done for dinner. I think we finally ate the d*** thing at about 9:30 after we'd eaten everything else! Due partly because I didn't know how long it would take and partly because the oven wasn't hot enough. (Thankfully, I didn't make anyone sick!)
Hi Beverly, I could cut it in half, we bought a reciprocating saw last year. I just don't think I will wait so long to get rid of the next bunch. lol
Your first Thanksgiving diner sounds like a fun learning experience. I can relate. My parents did not teach anyone how to cook and we were never allowed in the kitchen while they were cooking. So my first couple years of cooking was rough. Everything was burnt including the water! lol My brother bought me a cookbook.
I tried my hand at canning these last few years and that was fun. Next???? lol

 

[vehve]

That's weird, why would you not let the kids in the kitchen? It's an important life skill...