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If you see this guy today wish him a Happy Birthday!

I love you sweetie!

-do

Turkey Drop-Off #1

Last night was our first turkey drop-off/pick up & according to who you ask I think it went great!

We were on our way to Charlotte when the bottom fell out & it started raining but by the time we got there it was just a light drizzle.

We had about 70 turkeys in the freezer in no particular order so the first few people had to wait while I found their turkey number but other than that smooth sailing.

Then it was off to Davidson.......

For all of our Davidson customers you know we are always going to be running a few minutes behind. But once we got there & got our system figured out everything went great.

Thanks to Patti for helping Lee with getting the turkeys picked -up & tagged and to Patti & Becky for their help at Davidson getting everyone their turkeys.

We have great friends who are always willing to help us out.

Remember there is a farm pick-up this afternoon & we will be in Salisbury this evening.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

WTF News- November 18, 2011

There's a serious frost on the pumpkins this morning. I guess it's about time for it since we're less than a week from Thanksgiving. I spent a rainy Thursday morning unloading turkeys at the processors and I've got to say that I am SOOOO glad we are not processing turkeys on the farm this year. So in the spirit of thankfulness I wanted to share a quick recap last year's turkey day:

5:30 get up, dressed, and eat.
6:00 fire up the scalder so the water will be hot in an hour or so.
6:10 wonder where the help is???
6:15 take trailer to field and start catching turkeys before it gets too light and they become active
6:35 help shows up and we finish catching turkeys
7:00 realize fire on scalder went out & relight- clean up and get ready, send someone to Dixies for a box of coffee and Brian's Grill for biscuits.
7:30 rest of help shows up (about 9 people a mix of volunteers and paid help), fire's "hot enough" so we start
7:35 realize it wasn't hot enough and spend the next 20 minutes waiting for it to get hot while 6 people pull feathers one at a time by hand. , cuss occasionally
8:00 waters hot, helps ready, so away we go.
10:00 need more ice - send someone to store for ice, get another box of coffee too since we're in town anyway
Noon- send someone to pick up lunch and eat lunch in shifts since we're only half way done.
2pm - almost done, customers showing up to pick up birds
3pm finished processing and start clean up.
4:30 thank everyone, pay some, send everyone away and go feed.
5:30 - Oh crap! almost forgot to pick up kids from after school care
6pm - peanut butter crackers for supper, finish bagging and tagging turkeys, haul butt to Davidson of 6:30 drop off
7pm - get to Davidson, apologize for being late, take money, pass out turkeys- (in the rain at that)
7:15 - leave to head to Salisbury for 7:30 drop , get caught in traffic due to wreck on I77
7:45pm get out of Davidson
8:30pm- get to Salisbury, apologize, take money, pass out turkeys
9:30- pick up kids from grandparents eat a bite of leftovers and head home
10pm get home, put kids to bed
10:15- Decide to do something different next year.

Now you know why we outsourced processing this year. Hope everyone has a Safe & Happy Thanksgiving



Thanks to Christopher Lux for his article on Wild Turkey Farms thanksgiving turkeys.
This week stock up on those Thanksgiving Day items like smoked jowls & bacon ends for seasoning, eggs, sausage for stuffing, breakfast items for the morning after.
We have a limited supply of whole rabbits for $7.25/lb if anyone is interested in getting one please email us so we'll be sure and have enough.
We are restocked on whole chickens and will have them as well
Davidson Farmers Market (9am-noon)- Come find us in the town hall parking lot and stock up on our delicious pork, beef, chicken, and eggs.

Elizabeth Farmers Market (9:30am-noon) - We'll be back this weekend. Come stock up.

Salisbury Farmers Market_- (9am-noon)- Domisty will be back and as always space is limited so email us your order and she'll have it ready for you to pick up.



We hope that you'll support some of the chefs & businesses that support us & other local farmers.
Customshop Restaurant- Charlotte
Chef Charles Catering - Charlotte/ DFM/ EFM
300 East Restaurant- Charlotte
Carpe Diem Restaurant- CharlotteBlack Mountain Farmers Market- Black Mountain
Know Your Farms Buying Club- Davidson/Charlotte
The Sweetest Thing- Salisbury
Bread Riot Coop- Salisbury



Thanks for your support, have a great weekend, and we'll see you at the market.

Lee, Domisty, Rosty, & Charlie
Wild Turkey Farms LLC
China Grove, NC

Thanksgiving Turkeys on their way........

Turkey Pick-Up times

For those of you who were able to get a WTF turkey here is our pick-up schedule:

Monday
6-6:30pm at Customshop Restaurant on Elizabeth Ave in Charlotte- Get there early and enjoy a beer and a bite to eat while you wait. We will be on the street between Customshop and Carpe Diem.

7:30-8pm at Davidson Town Hall Parking lot (where we set up at the farmers market)


Tuesday
3-5pm at the farm (1015 Old Cress Rd Salisbury Nc 28147)

6-6:30 in the Biscuitville Parking lot at Jake Alexander Blvd & Hwy 150

WTF News- November11, 2011

Wild Turkey Farms News- Nov 11



Happy Veterans Day and thank you to all that have served our country. We pray for all of our service men and women to return home quickly and safely.

We will not be at the markets this weekend but we will be back next weekend. If you've run out of WTF goodies and can't wait just give us a call and come by the farm.

We'll be back at Salisbury, Davidson, and Elizabeth next weekend (Nov 19) 9-noon

Need something fun to do Saturday? Come join us at the Waterworks Art Gallery Chili Cook Off at the F&M Trolley Barn in Salisbury Saturday at 6:30pm. Nothing could be better for a cool fall evening than sampling chili and drinking beer and wine while helping support the local arts community. Lots of local teams will be competing in the cook-off, 3 of which are using WTF meats. Come out and help vote the WTF teams to the winners circle. Go Ashley, Capri & Kimmy, Josh, & Lynne!!!

Have a great weekend.


We hope that you'll support some of the chefs & businesses that support us & other local farmers.
Customshop Restaurant- Charlotte
Chef Charles Catering - Charlotte/ DFM/ EFM
300 East Restaurant- Charlotte
Carpe Diem Restaurant- Charlotte
Black Mountain Farmers Market- Black Mountain
Know Your Farms Buying Club- Davidson/Charlotte
The Sweetest Thing- Salisbury
Bread Riot Coop- Salisbury



Thanks for your support, have a great weekend, and we'll see you at the market.

Lee, Domisty, Rosty, & Charlie
Wild Turkey Farms LLC
China Grove, NC

UCity- Talking Turkey

Talking turkey
By Christopher Lux Photography by Roy Walter
Posted: Friday, Oct. 28, 2011

Although the name suggests it, turkeys were not sold on Lee and Domisty Menius’ farm until very recently. Wild Turkey Farms started in 2001 when Lee Menius took the reins of the 140-year-old family farm in Salisbury. With his wife and two sons, he raised and sold beef, pork and eggs. But not turkeys.
“People kept calling and asking about our turkeys,” he says. “‘Why are you Wild Turkey Farms if you don’t have any turkeys?’ they’d ask. I just liked the name.”
But those many phone calls pushed the Menius family to try raising Thanksgiving turkeys. Their first year they had only 20 turkeys, last year they had 80 and this year they have over a hundred.
The free-range turkeys are processed fresh and sold on a first come, first served basis. He sends out an email mid-October announcing how many turkeys they have and how much they will cost per pound. The first ones to email back get the privilege of purchasing a turkey. When they’re gone, they’re gone. “Last year we sold out in five hours,” Menius recalls.
As for the price, Menius says, “Feed’s our biggest input for turkeys. Feed decides the cost of the turkey, really.”
Though it’s too late to get your Thanksgiving turkey this year, it’s a good idea to sign up for their email list to receive next year’s email announcement. The pasture-raised pork, grass-fed Angus beef and free-range eggs can be purchased at Davidson, Elizabeth Avenue and Salisbury farmer’s markets, or by contacting the farm directly.

For more information, visit www.wildturkeyfarms.com or email them at wildturkey_farms@yahoo.com

Check out UCity magazine & RWalterPhotography

The pictures the photographer took at the farm are great!! We had finished up the Know Your Farms farm tour that day so we were a little tired but we had a lot of fun taking the pictures. That is actually the first "real" family portrait we have had taken since Charlie was born!

The BIG Chili Cook-Off

I hope if you don't already have week-end plans you'll come out to Waterworks Visual Arts Center for the 3rd annual chili cook-off.

Rumor has it that there will be some WTF chili there.......

When I ate lunch at The Sweetest Thing yesterday there was Wild Turkey Farms chili on the menu & it was YUMMY!!

Hope to see you there!

WTF News- November 4, 2011

Wild Turkey Farms News- Nov 4



We hope everyone enjoyed our new 100% GRASS FED BEEF SNACK STICKS last weekend. We'll have more of them this weekend. Want to stock up?- just email us about bulk pricing.

This week- Chicken & Dumplin Special (or chicken soup if you prefer)- Leg Quarters $2.99/lb THIS WEEKEND ONLY!!!

Davidson Farmers Market (8am-noon)- Come find us in the town hall parking lot and stock up on our delicious pork, beef, chicken, and eggs.

Elizabeth Farmers Market (9am-1pm) - We'll be back this weekend. Come stock up.
Salisbury Farmers Market_- (9am-noon)- Domisty will be back and as always space is limited so email us your order and she'll have it ready for you to pick up.



We hope that you'll support some of the chefs & businesses that support us & other local farmers.
Customshop Restaurant- Charlotte
Chef Charles Catering - Charlotte/ DFM/ EFM
300 East Restaurant- Charlotte
Carpe Diem Restaurant- Charlotte
Black Mountain Farmers Market- Black Mountain
Know Your Farms Buying Club- Davidson/Charlotte
The Sweetest Thing- Salisbury
Bread Riot Coop- Salisbury



Thanks for your support, have a great weekend, and we'll see you at the market.

Lee, Domisty, Rosty, & Charlie
Wild Turkey Farms LLC
China Grove, NC

WTF News- October 28, 2011

Wild Turkey Farms News- Oct 28

Thanks to everyone who emailed for a turkey. Many of you may have been waitlisted but don't let that discourage you. If you haven't emailed us yet
please do and we'll put you on the waitlist.



We hope everyone enjoyed our new 100% GRASS FED BEEF SNACK STICKS last weekend. We'll have more of them this weekend. Don't forget that these and the pepperonis and salamis make great Halloween treats for yourself or someone special. Want to stock up?- just email us about bulk pricing.

Davidson Farmers Market (8am-noon)- Come find us in the town hall parking lot and stock up on our delicious pork, beef, chicken, and eggs.

Elizabeth Farmers Market (9am-1pm) - We'll be back this weekend. Come stock up.
Salisbury Farmers Market_- NOT THIS WEEK- Domisty will be back next weekend (Nov 5)and as always space is limited so email us your order and she'll have it ready for you to pick up.



We hope that you'll support some of the chefs & businesses that support us & other local farmers.
Customshop Restaurant- Charlotte
Chef Charles Catering - Charlotte/ DFM/ EFM
300 East Restaurant- Charlotte
Carpe Diem Restaurant- Charlotte
Black Mountain Farmers Market- Black Mountain
Know Your Farms Buying Club- Davidson/Charlotte
The Sweetest Thing- Salisbury
Bread Riot Coop- Salisbury



Thanks for your support, have a great weekend, and we'll see you at the market.

Lee, Domisty, Rosty, & Charlie
Wild Turkey Farms LLC
China Grove, NC