Last weekend we butchered our three remaining turkeys, one tom and two hens. Their finished weights (after cleaning and gutting) were 28, 25, and 23lbs. Those are very good weights for Standard Bronze turkeys, one of the larger heritage breeds. The turkeys were seven months old, which is a little older than most turkeys typically [...]
All of us here at Terrabyte Farm hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving Day. We enjoyed a walk after turkey this afternoon. The weather is cloudy, but it’s warmed up nicely and is much dryer than earlier in the week.
Thanks, Mother Nature.
What a busy few weeks it has been around here.
Several weeks ago we picked up our beef and pork from the butchers. We took the pigs to Salem Prime Cuts in Salem, CT and the steer to Maurice’s in Canterbury, CT. They were both great. Finding out the hanging weights is the best part. It [...]
We made the turducken. It was really delicious, moist, tender, seasoned perfectly.
Here are the basic instructions:
1. Raise a turkey, duck, and chicken. Pictured below are three of our birds that we got from the hatchery this spring, a standard bronze tom turkey, Rhode Island Red rooster, and White Peking drake. All of these animals were [...]