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I would have guessed 100 pounds.

posted by FormerStudentIntern on November 15, 2024 at 10:14 AM | link to this | reply

Well, it came as a shock to me but this was from a a farm that reared turkeys for the Christmas Market. Of course  there are expenses that one would not at first realize.

This is commercial not rearing six turkeys in an old shed. The baby turkey costs

£5.65 and delivered to the Butcher prepared. it costs the total of £50  Goodness knows what the butcher pays or will charge.  Of course this is strictly commercial, food cost, £15 and  the rest is the a culmination of  wages overheads etc.   It is a temptation to sell imported Turkey as it is much cheaper. I bet there is a guard costs included it would be  a nice haul for would be thieves. 

posted by C_C_T on November 15, 2024 at 2:16 AM | link to this | reply

I imagine the industrial turkey-rearing is done as cheaply as they can manage. 🦃

posted by Ciel on November 14, 2024 at 5:32 PM | link to this | reply

I think back to when I was young and how little i associated the meats on the table with the live animals. Some one here once told me that my meat grows on a tree and that has always made life easier for me.{It was dear old Nauticos}

posted by Kabu on November 14, 2024 at 3:42 PM | link to this | reply

If one purchases grain to feed the turkey it may be the grain costs at least as much as it would to buy a turkey at the grocery store, already cleaned, feathers pulled, and ready to stuff and bake.

posted by Pat_B on November 14, 2024 at 12:06 PM | link to this | reply

I would make a terrible farmer because I could never eat an animal I raised. Ironically my paternal grandparents and great parents were farmers. 🚜

posted by Sherri_G on November 14, 2024 at 11:12 AM | link to this | reply