Turkeys For 2013

[kuntrygirl]

Kuntry girl-- I see you were reading my mind and started the 2014 thread-- do you think closing this one would be a good idea? THe mods will do it if you ask. 

Sounds good to me. I say let's do it. Thank you for bringing that up.

 

[Celie]

I know that most people with chickens or turkeys, knows that, with a simple wiping with food grade mineral oil, you can save eggs for eating, in their frig. for up to 5 or 6 months, so they will never run out of eggs during molting, or turkey eggs off season, but I thought if anyone was new to raising any poultry, might not know, or might have forgotten this old method of preserving eggs. This could also be helpful to those of you who run out of eggs for their egg customers?

 

[chickadoodles]

I do!! We brined the last two in an Apple brine.

Lisa

Lisa would you mind sharing your apple brine recipe? I would love to try it.

 

[chicken pickin]

I did an apple brine for last thanksgiving. The brine was apple juice water and salt. Then when cooking I stuffed my turkey with sliced up apples butter and spices.

 

[chickadoodles]

I did an apple brine for last thanksgiving. The brine was apple juice water and salt. Then when cooking I stuffed my turkey with sliced up apples butter and spices.

Thanks Chicken what amounts of juice, salt and what spices did you use?

 

[Blarneyeggs]

I did an apple brine for last thanksgiving. The brine was apple juice water and salt. Then when cooking I stuffed my turkey with sliced up apples butter and spices.

Oh wow! Sounds delicious. Breeding too, right?

 

[kuntrygirl]

 
NOthing-- it lives here forever, just no new posts added. DOn't know if editing is limited or not.

Editing would not be a problem, but I would hate for all the GREAT information in this thread to be gone forever. We have come so far on this thread, I think anyone starting turkeys could answer almost any question and get a great start in raising turkeys by using this thread as their first textbook and then turkeys 2014 could be their next volume, IMHO ! Just saying!

The info will always be here. It will never leave. If you all want to continue to talk about our Thanksgiving and Christmas turkeys for 2013 on this thread, we can and we can have it closed December 31, 2013. You all tell me what you want me to do.

And we can also discuss of 2014 Turkey plans on the other thread.

This thread has 3,752 posts, so I'm not sure if anyone will be want to read through that and 376 pages to find an answer to their question.

Not sure if you remember but I also started a Turkey 101 thread for newbies. I noticed that I was seeing a lot of the same questions being asked, so I tried to compile those questions with answers on this thread. I took a lot of info from our experienced Turkey lovers who have contributed so much valuable info and listed it in that thread. They will have this thread as well.

Turkeys 101 - New To Turkeys (What Do I Need To Know?)
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/787208/turkeys-101-new-to-turkeys-what-do-i-need-to-know

Also, we can also copy and paste the link to anything in this thread Turkeys For 2013 and post on the Turkey Talk 2014 thread if someone asks a question and we can go straight to. We will still have all of the wonderful posts that everyone has contributed to this thread.

Just would hate for newbies or others to get confused and post a question or problem on our old 2013 thread and we don't catch the question because we are posting on the new 2014 thread. If the old thread is closed, they are "forced" (so to speak) to post on the 2014 thread and we will be able to see the question and respond.

Also want to say, that I thank everyone who contributed to this thread for 2013. We am so lucky to have so many turkey lovers, breeders, experts, enthusiasts all on this thread who offer SO much information and knowledge about turkeys. I am so glad that I can come to this one thread and post ANY question or problem and it is answered. That means a lot to me and I know so many others.

Thank you all for sharing the love of turkeys either way (for pets, show, breeding, food consumption). We are all so diverse and that is the beauty of it all. Keep doing what you all are doing and I hope that everyone continues to contribute their experience and knowledge about turkeys. You all have helped me in so many way and I want to say Thank you for that.

We had almost 3,800 posts and not one single argument and no closing of this thread like I have seen so many other threads closed. It's good to see that we all RESPECT our individual ways of raising our turkeys whether it be having a turkey as a pet and bathing it in the tub or having a turkey for eating and bathing it in seasoning and cooking it in order to provide nourishment for our families. It's good to know that we can agree to disagree peacefully and respectfully. Keep up the good work everyone. I appreciate every one of you.

 

[kuntrygirl]

I did an apple brine for last thanksgiving. The brine was apple juice water and salt. Then when cooking I stuffed my turkey with sliced up apples butter and spices.

You have GOT to share that recipe. That sounds sooooooooooooooooooooooooo good!!!

 

[kuntrygirl]

 

I do!!  We brined the last two in an Apple brine.

Lisa

Lisa would you mind sharing your apple brine recipe? I would love to try it.

x2

 

[chicken pickin]

Thanks Chicken what amounts of juice, salt and what spices did you use?

I don't remember the exact amounts. I want to say in a huge pan filled it 2/3 water 1/3 juice roughly 1cup of salt leaving enough room to submerge the turkey of course.

Then before cooking I quartered up 5 apples and tossed them with a few hunks of butter and sprinkled with spices, I don't remember what I used most likely it was Rosemary its my fav spice. The apple mixture was then stuffed in the turkey.