blackstaff 488 Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 Hi all, my friend used to keep chickens in his garden which he used to get egg's from and all was good. Then he had the idea that he would get rid of the chickens and get 6 Turkey's and rear them for christmas ( As he heard that you can't keep both because of cross disease ? ) . Great news knowing where and how our christmas dinner was coming from. The trouble is now that it is coming nearer to the time for the disbatch of our feathered friends he was wondering the best way to do this, and whether to keep them hung or kept in a certain way for any reason ? The due date he has given me to disbatch them is the 19th Dec but i was thinking that this may be to close to the 25th ? Anyway's look foward to hearing your views and opinions, thanks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
neil cooney 10,416 Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 Kill your turkey and pluck while warm. Clean as you would any bird. A little tip that means a lot is, break the bone half way between the foot and elbow but not chop it so all the skin breaks. Pull the bone out of the skin and put at a right angle to the thigh. Put the bone sitting in an S hook so that the bird is hanging by one leg from the bottom of the hook with the broken bone taking the weight of the bird. Twist the bird a few times and holding the bird in one hand and the foot in the other put all your weight on the bird and you should pull every single sinew out of the birds leg. Repeat for the other leg. Sounds awkward but you'd do it in a minute and it makes all the difference to the drumsticks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hannah4181 260 Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 LOL! Your turning into a right Gordon Ramsey! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
salclalin 240 Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 One way to Dispatch the Turkeys is to put the live Bird head first into a Traffic Cone so that the Head is Sticking out of the Small open end. Then with a good Sharp knife Cut it's Throat. The Cone stops it thrashing about and Breaking it's Wings. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fresh earth 47 Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 if the turkeys are half the size my mates are youl struggle to get half one up a traffic cone Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Yokel Matt 918 Posted October 27, 2009 Report Share Posted October 27, 2009 I help a farmer out each year do about 60 birds - he does them around the 15th December. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blackstaff 488 Posted October 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 Cheers for the replies peep's, as for the traffic cone it would have to be a really big one, the turkey's are huge !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blackstaff 488 Posted November 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2009 Nice one paddy, cheers for the info Quote Link to post Share on other sites
leegreen 2,181 Posted November 3, 2009 Report Share Posted November 3, 2009 I have 24 Norfolk Bronzes and I would like some help plucking them, does anyone know the going rate for plucking Turkeys? Dispaching them is no problem, plucking them is Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blackstaff 488 Posted November 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 Glad we've only got a few to do now local / leegreen Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Coca 0 Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 Seen a fella putting a turkey into a black bin and leave his head sticking out,then cut it off. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scoobydo 0 Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 before plucking, put hot water into a large bin, soak bird for about 20 seconds, feathers come out easier, and less mess as for road cone, no need, put cling film around body of bird, so wings are tight to body, then knock him out, then throat him, less mess, less struggle, and easier, burn off excess feather stems with a plumbers burner, hang for 2 to 3 days ive got 7 to do on 17th, should make around 10 to 12lb in weight ive got a local butcher to do entrails etc, good luck Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blackstaff 488 Posted November 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 Nice info guy's, thanks very much. We were talking about this last night, going to make for an interesting day me thinks !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
digit 0 Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 As for plucking try one of these www.theplucker.biz looks good haven't tried mine yet Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tjones3862 3,423 Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 the plucker looks very good i'm investing Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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