Christmas Turkeys

Base price

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121495395#Comment_121495395

Ganly and Craigie - Ashbourne Livestock Mart used to have one of the largest turkey sales in Ireland for NYD birds. A lot of the Dublin city and county butchers would buy there. I used to sell heavy cock turkeys there that nobody wanted - 28lb+ birds.

memorystick

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121496320#Comment_121496320

Is it feasible to rear turkeys and sell live? If I could rear 50 or 100 I’d do it. A market is required before I’d try it.

Base price

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121496801#Comment_121496801

Simple answer is NO - the days where you could sell live turkeys/poultry at the local market square are long gone.

You can rear and slaughter your own turkeys/broilers for home/other family members/friends but you cannot sell them. Also if you wish to keep poultry you have to be registered with DAFM as a poultry flock irrespective of how many you keep.

Lime Tree Farm

I think you can own 5 un-registered. I read that in a defence of a planning objection, so presume it's correct.

Base price

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121497616#Comment_121497616

No, if you keep poultry irrespective of numbers you need to register for a flock no from DAFM. It costs nothing and its a simple form to fill out.

"Legislation

All poultry premises, regardless of size or whether or not they are kept on a commercial basis, must be registered with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. All persons involved in owning, keeping, dealing or trading in poultry must be registered under the Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (Registration of Poultry Premises) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 42 of 2008 as amended by S.I. No. 57 of 2011) and adhere to the disease prevention and control requirement set out by this legislation. See DAFM for more."

Lime Tree Farm

The objection was in 2016, permission was sought for a chicken run & coop for 5 hens Neighbour across road from them objected. Permission was granted. They're a touchy lot at that side of the parish

whelan2

How much is a day old turkey or a 6 week one now?

whelan2

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121495395#Comment_121495395

Used to be ones in Ashbourne too

dzer2

They were 7.50 euro this Yr. We do a good few for people they have being buying from us years. No flock number here

whelan2

Someone was talking about turkeys for €18.99 in one of the supermarkets. No way would that cover costs to the farmer

tabby aspreme

There were 2 left in one of the local butcher's this morning, priced at €73 I'd reckon they were about 16-18 lbs wt.

Donald Trump

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121528667#Comment_121528667

18.99 would cover the cost of buying the chicks at a month old and then the cost of cleaning them out on the other end.

In between the turkeys would have to live off fresh air and then figure out how to kill and pluck themselves.

memorystick

Can’t believe the variation in price between Dunnes and SuperValu.