Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[Pastor Dave]

I give them some color when I grill em and then brush on the Sweet Baby Ray's to finish off. It's good grilled with the higher temp and not so infused with smoke. There's always the debate about whether one is grilling or barbecuing. I don't consider it barbecue unless the sauce is applied. Not sure exact requirements and definition.

 

[Baymule]

We have 2 pits. One is the tank of a water heater, nicely set up on legs and wheels. We bought one of those smokers with the firebox hanging off one end for $99 and used it to smoke our bacon and sausage in. It did great. I love smoked or BBQ meat! Sometimes I do a whole lot at once, then seal it up with my food saver. I can drop a frozen package in boiling water and supper is ready in no time!

 

[Mike CHS]

We do the same Bay. Whenever I do ribs or shoulders, I do multiples and vacuum seal many meals for later.

 

[Mike CHS]

I thought some might like these pictures. Teresa lets Cheep Cheep the wild turkey (who is not so wild) out of the coop to wander around the yard in the morning thinking that at some point if she is so inclined she can go off into the woods. Then at night about roosting time she wants to go back in to roost on the turkey platform in the tree that is in there.

I wish I had my camera when I first saw her by the dogs in their kennel. It almost looked like she was taunting them and got about an inch from the chain link and just stood there taunting them as they were having a fit. By the time I got my camera and got back out there she had just nestled in for a staring match at the Aussie who was sitting there drooling.

She has a natural fear of them when they are loose (which is a good thing) so she somehow understands that they are contained.

 

[CntryBoy777]

I've always heard that wild turkeys are pretty smart....much more than the domesticated breeds. This kinda reminds me of the old cartoons we grew up watching....with the cat just out of reach of the dog on a chain....

 

[Baymule]

Those are some cool pictures. What a great experience with a wild turkey. Ya' gotta love it!

 

[Mike CHS]

She is a character. Just for grins, this picture was when she was a little over a week old.

 

[Bruce]

Cheep Cheep the wild turkey (who is not so wild) out of the coop

Um isn't that bit of an oxymoron? Wild turkeys don't sleep in coops

I don't suppose there is any incentive to leave her happy home unless she sees a flock walking by. Maybe you can breed some intelligent turkey genes into a flock of domestics

 

[Pastor Dave]

That pair up sounds like a good breeding arrangement. We have thought abt it with domestic and wild rabbits, but never have gotten a wild one to live in captivity. My uncle used to say that whether it was a wild doe or wild buck, paired to a domestic would wind up with large offspring. Maybe I will find out some day.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Just be sure @Pastor Dave to check local and state law on game animals....just so ya know where ya stand, there are federal laws too...that apply.....the local game warden can help ya. I sure would hate for ya to be doing something that seemed fine, but brings a nice "Fine" along with it.....it is much better to Know ya "Know", than to "Pay" for the "Lesson" of a simple "Mistake"......