Don't worry, nothing too graphic here. Just sharing with you how we make a gorgeous turkey dinner.
Jaimie prepares an amazing Turkey meal from one of our home grown Narragansett Turkeys here on the homestead. We raise all of our birds, both chicken and turkeys off grid on this homestead. We choose certain breeds that will provide a good food source and at the same time reproduce well in captivity every year.
Store bought turkeys are raised in horrible crowded and caged conditions and fed all kinds of GMO grains and foods they would never normally find in the wild. Our turkeys are raised in a large open area and allowed to walk about freely in their giant run. We give them a healthy hormone free diet and they have some limited forage ability as well.
Garlic Herb Butter Skin Rub Stuffing Recipe:
One stick of butter
1 Bulb of garlic - chopped
2 Tbs. of Spice mix (below)
HOMESTEAD SPICE RECIPE:
4 Tbs. Garlic Powder
4 Tbs. Paprika
4 Tbs. Salt
2 Tbs. Onion Powder
2 Tbs. Thyme
2 Tbs. Oregano
4 TSP. Black Pepper
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Every time I see a post showing nice garden produce or home grown meats I say to myself...mmnnn, real food LOL. Pretty bad to be profilin' on the grocery store foods, but I just can't help myself :)
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LOL
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same here... I recently went on vacation to San Ignacio Belize, the difference in food quality was amazing. Their poultry and pork stock is heritage breeds brought over with the spanish more than 500 years ago. The difference in flavor between our American commercial livestock and Theirs are miles apart. we have literally bread the flavor out of out meats. Their chickens and pork actually had a distinct flavor to the meats that we don't have here in the states unless you are growing heritage breeds i think.
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I know...it's sad to think that along with the lack of flavor, there is a lack of nutrition.
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back when I was homesteading on the Llano Estacado in the eighties I tried to raise about everything. Including turkey.
In my experience a young turkey is even stupider than a lamb.
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That is funny, it was my experience that the mature one weren't rocket scientist either.
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a baby sheep is born looking for a place to die. It's HARD to keep em a live.
with turkey's it's worse...I was unsuccessful. Never had one live to adulthood.
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I bought 14 and manged to get 2 to adulthood. A male and a female. I loved having them around they were really nice and friendly, they followed me all around. I had that pair for 2 years the male got so big that he got sick and died and the female died less than a week later. I think she killed herself but I can't prove it.
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You guys have to get heritage breeds. They are way tougher and will outlive the commercial breeds of sheep and turkey. They won't produce as much meat usually but they will live. Commercial breeds are born to die and you have to fight hard to keep them alive. We learned the hard way and lost a lot of sheep. After that, we learned heritage breeds all the way!
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I agree completely, that was a lesson I learned the hard way.
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if they mate for life that's entirely possible.
I had guineas, ducks,
(these guys are called 'muscovies'...tough birds...not hard to raise.
I also had other ducks..
chickens and geese...they all did fine...the turkeys were real turkeys.
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We got our first muscovies about a month ago and we're loving them so far!
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Back in the day, on the Llano Estacado, I had a small 'homestead'. I had some Muscovies.
They didn't require ANY care...turn em loose. They took care of them selves. I had a small pond on the property....they fed themselves.
All I had to do was collect eggs and the occasional bird for supper.
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we only have an acre so we will still need to feed them but they are working out really well so far!
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I'm born and raised in NY. Born in Brooklyn. Raised in Staten Island. Im DYING to live like this! Im tired of looking at these liberal lunatics here. My wife is a city girl so not sure if I can convince her but I'm tryin! 😜
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If shes not all in, don't bother it can be hard and frustrating at times even when your both working as a team if one member doesn't want to be on the homestead it will cause more problems than you can imagine.
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Thanks for the tips! I'm bringing her around to it. Slowly but surely.
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I sold it to my husband that he would be able to stay home with the family and not work. Right now we are practice homesteading on an acre while he's still working to see how we like it and we'll go from there! I do most of the hands on work but he helps with building projects and whatnot.
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We got one to hatch out of a dozen. ONE. Things aint lookin so good percentage wise Lol. It's pretty though.
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Good post, I congratulate you
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I do not recall a video of you and Tim showing us the butchering process of the birds. maybe i just missed it, y'all do have quite a few videos.... I'd be interested in actually seeing just how the butchering and plucking process is done correctly...
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Very nice video. I enjoyed it very much.
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Have you guys found that keeping your own turkeys are worth it? Can you hunt turkeys in your area? Would it be easier to just hunt them?
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Yes we do have turkeys here and can hunt them but with wild turkeys, usually only the breast meat is worth eating. The other meat is too tough. Farm raised turkeys are far better and more tender. I LOVE IT! It's probably my favorite meat we raise here.
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ah okay, We have't hunted yet. That's something to keep in mind!
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