Turkey Day

The Turkeys were 9.5 pounds and 12.6 pounds in preparation for dinner.  So they were about averaged size for their breed. The meat was very tender and fresh. Not at all stringy or tough. All in all, it was a success and we will have plenty of meat to last for the week for leftovers, thanks to sweet Luna and Aries.

Layers and Turkeys

We have concluded the the two turkeys are both hens. I thought they were toms, but as the weather got cooler, they developed feathers on their heads and the snood never got any longer. So we are assuming that they are not going to get much larger. Regardless, and we have fattened them to prepare for the fateful day. 

The Orloffs have started to lay again.  When the standard time went back into effect, we put the lights back into the coop to light up at 4:00 in the morning.  The Orloffs are back to laying, but it is sparse at this point. Only one egg every other day, this week. The "layoff" lasted fabout 10 weeks. Little by little.