Below are links to two pastured turkey recipes. Please feel free to use you standard recipes as well. The main difference in the pastured turkeys compared to store bought commercial breeds besides the amazing flavor, is the chemical composition of the fats. The diet is so different with pastured raised birds that the difference is noticeable in cooking methods.
Please if you ever have a recipe to share, we will be starting a recipe page on the blog.
Happy Thanksgiving!
http://nourishedkitchen.com/slow-roast-turkey/
http://www.bechardfarm.com/turkeycooking.htm
Nov 18, 2012
Nov 3, 2012
Turkey
The turkeys are looking good!
Don't know if we will have any "huge" ones this year, but they are certainly eating a lot!
Just a few left that aren't spoken for!
Don't know if we will have any "huge" ones this year, but they are certainly eating a lot!
Just a few left that aren't spoken for!
Oct 27, 2012
Winding down
As the temperatures drops, we are starting to wind down on the farm.
The meat chickens finished up in mid-October; thank you to all of our customers who have purchased chickens, we hope you are enjoying them. The only animals left on the farm are the turkeys and the laying hens.
The laying hens will be moving down to Hillsboro to winter over in a garden that will appreciate the fertilization. We do not yet have any electricity on the farm and without a little supplemental light, the egg production will really drop as the days shorten.
The Turkeys are growing nicely! I really wish I could better estimate what weights they are going to finish up at, so I could more confidently assure my customers that they will get the size bird that they need. With almost a whole month left, we are hopeful their sizes will satisfy customer expectations.
Shortly, we will be adding a "recipes" page to the blog. If anyone would like to share a recipe, please email us, and you will get credit for it on the site.
The meat chickens finished up in mid-October; thank you to all of our customers who have purchased chickens, we hope you are enjoying them. The only animals left on the farm are the turkeys and the laying hens.
The laying hens will be moving down to Hillsboro to winter over in a garden that will appreciate the fertilization. We do not yet have any electricity on the farm and without a little supplemental light, the egg production will really drop as the days shorten.
The Turkeys are growing nicely! I really wish I could better estimate what weights they are going to finish up at, so I could more confidently assure my customers that they will get the size bird that they need. With almost a whole month left, we are hopeful their sizes will satisfy customer expectations.
Shortly, we will be adding a "recipes" page to the blog. If anyone would like to share a recipe, please email us, and you will get credit for it on the site.
Oct 14, 2012
Well it has been a while
Sorry for the lack of updates!
The First Annual Potluck Pignic was a great success!
We plan on adding some videos and recipes soon!
The First Annual Potluck Pignic was a great success!
Sep 1, 2012
Our last batch
In a couple days we move our last batch of meat chickens out to the pasture!
I promise to blog a lot more this winter about our first years experience. Successes and failures.
This picture is of our third batch sharing a pen with the turkeys! What a fun day that was!
I promise to blog a lot more this winter about our first years experience. Successes and failures.
This picture is of our third batch sharing a pen with the turkeys! What a fun day that was!
Aug 15, 2012
Aug 13, 2012
Beautiful Start to a crazy week
Some places on the farm look like October already, thanks to the drought.
This week we process our second batch of chickens, move our third batch (along with the turkeys) out to pasture, and start our last batch, which we've doubled, into the brooder....
My logistics planning is paying off, but I won't complain when this week is over!
This week we process our second batch of chickens, move our third batch (along with the turkeys) out to pasture, and start our last batch, which we've doubled, into the brooder....
My logistics planning is paying off, but I won't complain when this week is over!
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