Turkey Talk for 2014

[charrison89]

hey hows it going im new to this whole turkey thing really interested in getting at least 2 hens and maybe a tom but dont know where to buy them do any of you guys have any for sale at this time. and how are the turkey eggs

 

[chicken farmer]

Anyone raise a couple turkeys just for Thanksgiving?? I'm thinking about doin it this year

 

[WalnutHill]

I've been raising turkeys every year for the past dozen years. This is the first year I held over breeding stock from last year's birds.

Turkeys are entertaining. They also offer challenges due to their size, strength, and flight ability (other than BBB and BBW).

 

[desertmarcy]

Anyone raise a couple turkeys just for Thanksgiving?? I'm thinking about doin it this year

I don't raise them solely for Thanksgiving. I am usually raising extras of certain breeds to add to or better my lines, and the culls become Thanksgiving or Christmas dinners. I feed only organic and butcher and process to sell mostly, because it is just the two of us. Last holidays, the only bird I processed and kept for us was a really small hen. She dressed out at only 6 lbs. Goodness, I have chickens that dress out bigger than that. But I did hold onto an extra tom for us for later. We recently butchered that one and a couple of other toms (I overextended myself in the keeping of spare toms in my bachelor pen) and have been eating it every night for a least a week now! He is very delicious, especially the dark meat.

 

[desertmarcy]

Anybody interested in poults, I have a nice variety of breeds hatching out on 5/11 and will ship. Here is a link to the ad:
www.backyardchickens.com/t865214/heritage-turkey-poults

 

[chickadoodles]

Anybody interested in poults, I have a nice variety of breeds hatching out on 5/11 and will ship. Here is a link to the ad:
www.backyardchickens.com/t865214/heritage-turkey-poults

I tried to look at your link and it does not work.

 

[R2elk]

Anybody interested in poults, I have a nice variety of breeds hatching out on 5/11 and will ship. Here is a link to the ad:
www.backyardchickens.com/t865214/heritage-turkey-poults

I tried to look at your link and it does not work.

Her link does not work because the http:// is missing. Here is the full link.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/865214/heritage-turkey-poults

 

[desertmarcy]

Her link does not work because the http:// is missing. Here is the full link.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/865214/heritage-turkey-poults

Thanks for fixing it. Does anybody else have problems copying and pasting in p BYC posts? I am doing it the same way I used to, but it won't work. Hence I just typed in the address and forgot the http.

 

[chickadoodles]

Thanks R2elk.

 

[minhjirachi]

Anyone cam tell me the differences between turkey types?
Thank you.