I have a question on how to serve turkey necks.
Some background. I spoke to the butcher at my local market the other day about getting chicken necks and gizzards for my Fab Four. He said I'd only find them tucked into whole chickens they sell. Imagine my surprise when two days later I found a package with a turkey neck and subback for sale. I grabbed it.
My guys have had virtually no raw food with me until now, but I'm delighted to say three of the four are naturals. I cut up the subback into small but chewable pieces and gave it to all four of them last night and tonight, mixed in with their Evo wet. Boy did it bring out their primal instincts!!!
Hersh and Little Hersh, my Havana Brown mixes, devoured it like true carnivores. Little Hersh's little growls were even louder than usual. Snowby, too, ate hers like a pro. Only Blizzy struggled, licking and having a hard time figuring out how to bite through the pieces. Those who are reading my other thread on Snowby's problems with Blizzy may be as astounded as I was that Snowby tried to muscle BLizzy off of his food dish to get at his raw chunks he was still struggling with, and she would have succeeded if I did not push her away. Hersh and Little Hersh were also aggressively angling for them, but I wanted Blizzy to practice, too. Except for Little Hersh, they never exhibit that aggression towards the others' food dishes nowadays. The raw did it.
Now for my question. I can't figure out how to cut up or break the turkey next into pieces that I can serve to my little ones. The subbacks were easy, as they were all meat. The turkey neck is mainly gristle and skin. Could someone kindly tell me what I am supposed to do? I had read recently in another thread that serving circular chicken neck pieces is good for them to chew on, for gum and tooth health, but I can't figure out how to do that with my turkey neck.
Any "how-to" would be appreciated--and not just be me, but by them, since they looove their raw food!!
Some background. I spoke to the butcher at my local market the other day about getting chicken necks and gizzards for my Fab Four. He said I'd only find them tucked into whole chickens they sell. Imagine my surprise when two days later I found a package with a turkey neck and subback for sale. I grabbed it.
My guys have had virtually no raw food with me until now, but I'm delighted to say three of the four are naturals. I cut up the subback into small but chewable pieces and gave it to all four of them last night and tonight, mixed in with their Evo wet. Boy did it bring out their primal instincts!!!
Hersh and Little Hersh, my Havana Brown mixes, devoured it like true carnivores. Little Hersh's little growls were even louder than usual. Snowby, too, ate hers like a pro. Only Blizzy struggled, licking and having a hard time figuring out how to bite through the pieces. Those who are reading my other thread on Snowby's problems with Blizzy may be as astounded as I was that Snowby tried to muscle BLizzy off of his food dish to get at his raw chunks he was still struggling with, and she would have succeeded if I did not push her away. Hersh and Little Hersh were also aggressively angling for them, but I wanted Blizzy to practice, too. Except for Little Hersh, they never exhibit that aggression towards the others' food dishes nowadays. The raw did it.
Now for my question. I can't figure out how to cut up or break the turkey next into pieces that I can serve to my little ones. The subbacks were easy, as they were all meat. The turkey neck is mainly gristle and skin. Could someone kindly tell me what I am supposed to do? I had read recently in another thread that serving circular chicken neck pieces is good for them to chew on, for gum and tooth health, but I can't figure out how to do that with my turkey neck.
Any "how-to" would be appreciated--and not just be me, but by them, since they looove their raw food!!
