this place is worthless for my needs

[CrealCritter]

Ya know, I'm not a huge turkey eater BUT I keep wanting to buy and raise them! its a feeling of providing my own food, I guess. I have extra chickens......

Can't rationalize any of it better. The drive to produce.

The non-BB ones taste a lot better also. That's a factor worth considering. Also turkey toms are funny with their gobbling, still makes me laugh

Jesus is Lord and Christ

 

[Mini Horses]

The non-BB ones taste a lot better also.

And I love the bourbons you have...pretty birds!

I only want a trio and have a perfect place for them. I'd sell most of the poults. Just keep a few for butcher. Maybe when/IF I ever quit work and "retire".

 

[flowerbug]

i like turkey much better than chicken (and prefer the dark meat over the light meat) and would rather have a small turkey. the problem ends up being that we generally don't cook either of them so it is always a holiday meal at my brother's place. we don't end up with the carcass as they just throw it away (shudder to me but it is their house not mine). we come home with some meat and extras and that is good for several days of leftovers. nobody makes tetrazzini any more (my favorite leftover dish). some day i'll have to do it myself.

i also used to make turkey soup from any carcasses that i could get ahold of but none of that here happens. Mom just doesn't want to deal with it all. ok with me, but i'd be boiling a soup if it were up to me. yum yum yum.

 

[CrealCritter]

Our bourbon reds are pretty well mannored. The hens can get a little pecky while in brood but otherwise pretty tame. We eat the mean ones. Nothing like fresh never frozen cherry smoked pulled turkey for summer gatherings

Jesus is Lord and Christ

 

[Fixit]

I am pretty sure that my siblings considter me the cheap turkey at our thanksgiving dinner .

 

[Mini Horses]

Oh I understand, and also will be raising my own turkeys for food and skipping grocery stores almost entirely eventually!

Is there a cow or goat dairy source in your future?

 

[baymule]

Oh I understand, and also will be raising my own turkeys for food and skipping grocery stores almost entirely eventually!

I moved recently, so have to start over on the garden thing, and raising my own meat, but I still have plenty in the freezer, and jars that I canned. So how is it I still spend $$ at the grocery store?

 

[flowerbug]

I moved recently, so have to start over on the garden thing, and raising my own meat, but I still have plenty in the freezer, and jars that I canned. So how is it I still spend $$ at the grocery store?

buy habit?

 

[CrealCritter]

I moved recently, so have to start over on the garden thing, and raising my own meat, but I still have plenty in the freezer, and jars that I canned. So how is it I still spend $$ at the grocery store?

We came to the conclusion that currently we can't grow or raise all of what we eat. We are working on orchard expansion and establishment of a berry patch. But so far we have put a major dent in the grocery bill, for sure.

What are wolf berries? Everytime I eat them at night I sleep like a rock.

Jesus is Lord and Christ

 

[Mini Horses]

@baymule you know how to stay home! Sugar, flour, milk, butter, coffee? I went to the store today for dry cat food and mouse traps. Bought NO food. You just wanted some company!