Re: turkens?


OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
> In article <1127929782.649418.201070@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> "-L." <gentleboa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I was reading another thread and came cross mention of turkens - did a
> > little research and discovered they are really chickens. But my dumb
> > question is this: does the meat taste any different from a chicken?
>
> <lol> I think they are called turkens because some goofball thought that
> they looked like a cross between a chicken and a turkey!
>
> They aren't.
>
> They are just a different breed of chicken, known actually as
> "Transylvania nake necks".
>
> So no, the meat tastes no different. They are just a chicken with an
> interesting feather pattern.
>
> Naked neck feathering BTW is autosomal dominant, so ANY other breed of
> chicken that you cross them with, all the chicks will have a naked
> neck. Re-cross them with each other and 75% of the chicks will have
> naked necks, and so on down the Autosomal dominant genetic chain. ;-)
>
> >
> > Are there other fowl that are easy to raise that make good meat
> > animals? I mean, other than chickens, turkeys, ducks, and game hens?
> > What about pheasant? Are they easy to raise and/or worth the effort?
>
> Pheasant are a PITA. Territorial and they eat each other.

Oh, ok. Thanks for the info.

What about peacocks - I don't want to eat them, just as pets. Are they
a PITA too?

>
> You want meat birds? Try emus, or rheas.
>

I'm not sure I could bear killing one. Seriously.

> >
> > The reason I am asking is that we are looking into animal husbandry of
> > different sorts, for the future (raise our own meat and eggs -
> > primarily rabbits and chickens but would eventually diversify).
>
> Goats.

I would like goats as pets - we are not big on goat meat. Does one
acclimate to the taste of it after awhile? We will probably do a cow
or two.

-L.

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