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Dorothy raising turkeys that sound like dinosaurs
« on: October 21, 2009, 05:18:48 AM »
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Oh my.

Dorothy, the snobbish primitive from northwestern Washington state:

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uppityperson  (1000+ posts)        Tue Oct-20-09 04:00 AM
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Does anyone here raise turkeys? 

We have 4 heritage turkeys and find them very different from our chickens. They are only a couple months old and rather skittish, look and sound like dinosaurs.

Does anyone here have turkeys as I've some questions about them. Thanks.

Only one primitive finds this turkey of a bonfire:

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BanzaiBonnie  (1000+ posts)     Tue Oct-20-09 08:44 AM
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1. My dad used to raise turkeys

If no one else answers, I could ask him your questions. But my bet is that this group is so diverse that SOMEONE here is raising turkeys and knows some stuff.

Myself, I just got a flock of chickens again this year. I love the chickens AND their eggies. I also got a pair of geese. I love the geese even more. They're very sweet and the gander is fiercely protective - but not mean. When he calls, the chickens come running.

Now, this is an utter disgrace, betraying the primitive as mentally-retarded.

"eggies."
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Re: Dorothy raising turkeys that sound like dinosaurs
« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2009, 07:29:51 AM »
There are a lot of turkey farmers around here.....I can smell'em sometimes....but it smells like money to me and the farmers.... :-)

20 years ago when I graded for the first set of turkey barns in this area, the total cost was around 300 thousand. The farmers kept the turkeys 19 weeks and after 19 weeks a turkey weighing 28 pounds was coincided large. The last set of barns I graded for was 10 years ago and the cost was around 420 thousand and a 19 week old turkey averaged around 32 pounds. Now the average 19 week old turkey weighs 42 pounds.

I figure, if I live long enough, I'll be able to buy a turkey that's big enough for me to  plow the garden with him on saturday and pull a buggy to church on sunday. 
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Re: Dorothy raising turkeys that sound like dinosaurs
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2009, 07:34:44 AM »
Quote from: JohnnyReb on October 21, 2009, 07:29:51 AM
There are a lot of turkey farmers around here.....I can smell'em sometimes....but it smells like money to me and the farmers.... :-)

20 years ago when I graded for the first set of turkey barns in this area, the total cost was around 300 thousand. The farmers kept the turkeys 19 weeks and after 19 weeks a turkey weighing 28 pounds was coincided large. The last set of barns I graded for was 10 years ago and the cost was around 420 thousand and a 19 week old turkey averaged around 32 pounds. Now the average 19 week old turkey weighs 42 pounds.

I figure, if I live long enough, I'll be able to buy a turkey that's big enough for me to  plow the garden with him on saturday and pull a buggy to church on sunday. 

And here, I had thought turkeys were shrinking.

As a little lad, my family usually had a turkey (Thanksgiving and Christmas and my birthday) circa 24 pounds, that took all night long to cook.

And then as years went by, the turkeys in the oven got smaller and smaller.

I suppose all the older siblings leaving home had something to do with it.
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Re: Dorothy raising turkeys that sound like dinosaurs
« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2009, 07:51:17 AM »
Quote from: franksolich on October 21, 2009, 07:34:44 AM
And here, I had thought turkeys were shrinking.

As a little lad, my family usually had a turkey (Thanksgiving and Christmas and my birthday) circa 24 pounds, that took all night long to cook.

And then as years went by, the turkeys in the oven got smaller and smaller.

I suppose all the older siblings leaving home had something to do with it.

The "whole" turkeys you buy in the store are usually "hens" that are maybe 12 to 14  weeks old. The large ones I talked about are "toms" and are raised for the breast, legs (certain parts) with the rest of the meat being made into hot dogs, baloney and fakey bacon etc..

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Re: Dorothy raising turkeys that sound like dinosaurs
« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2009, 08:16:42 AM »
I don't raise turkeys, but I wouldn't mind shooting and smoking one or two of the ones that come through my yard.
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Re: Dorothy raising turkeys that sound like dinosaurs
« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2009, 08:21:33 AM »
Quote from: NHSparky on October 21, 2009, 08:16:42 AM
I don't raise turkeys, but I wouldn't mind shooting and smoking one or two of the ones that come through my yard.

There's lots of wild turkeys that come through this property, from (I guess) the river banks.  They're pretty big, but on second thought--I don't pay much attention to wildlife--maybe they're all neck, feathers, and legs.
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Re: Dorothy raising turkeys that sound like dinosaurs
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Re: Dorothy raising turkeys that sound like dinosaurs
« Reply #7 on: October 21, 2009, 11:03:45 AM »
Quote from: NHSparky on October 21, 2009, 08:16:42 AM
I don't raise turkeys, but I wouldn't mind shooting and smoking one or two of the ones that come through my yard.


We had 19 of them that moseyed through the yard a couple of times a day, all summer.

We had a large tom, 2 hens and 2 separate groups (litters?) of poults....it was weird - there were 8 babies in each group...

They were so funny....the tom would lead, the littlest group of poults would kind of stay in the middle with the larger ones around them, and the hens waddling along in and out of the group through the middle. They would come up from the back where there's a creek, wander up the side yard (opposite from the driveway side)....go through my flower beds....wander around the near front yard....then walk up the drive and go somewhere else. They'd go through about 10-11am and come wandering back down late afternoon around 5-6. The next day ...the little parade would happen again.

They haven't been around for the last month or so....none of them....something tells me they have ended up on someone's dinner table....
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Re: Dorothy raising turkeys that sound like dinosaurs
« Reply #8 on: October 21, 2009, 11:33:40 AM »
I raise heritage turkeys from time to time. My last two males , Elliot & LeRoy Jethro Giblet, followed me around like puppies. When they got to breeding age it was impossible to wear blue or red without them attacking. Elliot became dinner right away. Jethro lived long enough to mate. His son is happily munching scratch in my yard waiting for Thanksgiving to learn his purpose in life.

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Re: Dorothy raising turkeys that sound like dinosaurs
« Reply #9 on: October 21, 2009, 01:21:22 PM »
Quote from: delilahmused on October 21, 2009, 11:33:40 AM
I raise heritage turkeys from time to time. My last two males , Elliot & LeRoy Jethro Giblet, followed me around like puppies. When they got to breeding age it was impossible to wear blue or red without them attacking. Elliot became dinner right away. Jethro lived long enough to mate. His son is happily munching scratch in my yard waiting for Thanksgiving to learn his purpose in life.

Cindie

LeRoy Jethro Giblet?

A fan of NCIS, huh?

Love that show...that is one sexxxxxy man! :naughty:
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