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Turkey, From Chick to Charcoal
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We've added a pair of turkeys to our brooder. Here's one just a day old! | ||
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Here's the two turkeys, graduated to outside. | ||
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Just took a drink!
June 4, 2007 | ||
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Only a month old, and they're 8
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Drumstick and Wishbone are getting big. These two guys sure like mugging for the camera!
July 16, 2007 | ||
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3 weeks old | ||
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November 13, 2007 Feeding cracked corn to fatten them up! | ||
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This is a colorized pen and ink drawing my son Hilary did. It's a self portrait! | ||
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This is the gallows with electric winch we'll use to hang up the turkey so we can bleed it. The winch was needed, as the turkey is too heavy for us to pick up!. | ||
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Time to Eat! | ||
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Cooking took just over 7 hours (it's a tad faster on the gas grill. Here are the drumsticks for Hilary, and the rest for everyone else. | ||
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The bird was very flavorful and tender, however we found that 45 pounds is really too large. It was a struggle to get everything cooked evenly. The drums and wings actually fell off on their own after about 4 1/2 hours of cooking The rest was cooked until the breast meat temp was 180 degrees. All in all, an enjoyable and educational experiment in country living. Next year, we'll be ordering out! | ||
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Our turkey hen has been laying about every 2 or 3 days now. Her eggs keep getting bigger and bigger! Those are two turkey eggs to the left and two chicken eggs to the right. | ||
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