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Ok, maybe you don't see the family resemblance, but trust me... after 5 months of getting your fingers, shoes, pant legs, zippers, pockets and anything shiny you happen to be wearing pecked and bit at... you'd definitely see how evolution is possible.
At least they're tastey, right?
Well, this morning, I took 6 of the Broad Breasted Whites as well as 6 of my older hens to King's Poultry outside of Bradford for processing. I know we (me plus 3 others) managed to process all the turkeys last year, but something along the lines of insanity struck when I doubled the number of birds I was raising. With everything else going on, having someone else spend the time and deal with the mess of processing the turkeys is fine by me. I've heard good things about King's so off they went.
Of course Hurricane Sandy was in full force as I was driving the Explorer with the small trailer complete with homemade side walls and dog and rabbit crates with birds in them an hour north. But we arrived in one piece and I dropped all the birds off. I'll be heading back of that way in a few hours to pick them up. I'm looking forward to seeing what the birds weigh. Remember that BBWs are considered butcher-ready at 4 months. I purchased these the week before Memorial Day. Do the math and they're currently a full 5 months. And after carrying them, they're definitely BIG birds. I'll be happy to have them gone, not only to preserve my poor fingers but also my wallet as they were eating a TON in the last few weeks.
This was kind of the trial run. The rest of the turkeys are scheduled to go up on November 17th... perfect timing for Thanksgiving.
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