I don't think I would pay that!

I will buy organic turkey when I can afford it but $8 a pound is too much. Also, a vegetarian diet is not natural for turkeys so the meat probably wouldn't be all that healthy. Turkey or any meat that is raised organically is much, much better for anyone. Because the food we eat doesn't affect our stomachs or cause immediate reactions doesn't mean that it's safe to eat. Hormones, antibiotics and GMO feed all affect the animal and the ones who eat it.

Wow - that's a lot!! One could spend that much for a whole Thanksgiving feast for that! Nope, I couldn't pay that much for a turkey . . . I cringe at steak costs as it is. I can understand why people (who are able to afford it) would get such a turkey . . . but geez, I hope these same people who have this kind of money are doing something for their community . . . that $ could feed a lot of homeless people!

I do not even pay that much for steaks, let alone turkey. I buy turkey because it is high in nutrition, but low in cost. We eat it several times a year.

That is just rediculous. If people have this amount of money to pay for free range turkeys then let them! This is my biggest argument about health food. They are too expensive. Just like I wonder how people can afford enough vegetables and fruits to have the 3-5 servings each day. I sure can't.

I'm not sure how much turkeys cost or how much they cost per pound, but 8 seems like a lot of money just for one pound. Yes, it is nice knowing your meat doesn't have hormones in it and other the other garbage, but jeeze, that's a lot of money for a meal. I probably couldn't bring myself to ever buy a turkey like that. I'm the type of person that when something tastes good, I'd rather not question how it's made or where it comes from. Once I find that out, the food becomes gross to me because of the terrible way things are made.

The only way I would do this is if I had the money to which likely I would not, and also only if this person was a good friend of mine and I thought they needed it. Otherwise I can not see paying this much for a turkey, at all. I do not really like turkey except on thanksgiving is the only time we make it. I don't set out to make it otherwise because it is pretty bland. Maybe if we knew how to make it more interesting then I would want to make it more often. My sister in law makes some really great soups though from turkey or any left over meats really. I should ask her how to make those because we usually are left with a large amount of turkey, never know what we will do with it after so many days. We throw out a lot of it from being so tired of eating it.

I would not pay that either! Simply because I could not afford to!! That would be almost two weeks worth of grocery money for my family!

My mother always get grain fed turkeys and chickens but I can't afford them.

Hi PQ, Well, I'm sure it is a lot of work caring for the turkeys and costly to feed them. I'm sure that she earns that 8.00 per pound but honestly....I could never ever afford such a price. When I was a kid, I knew a family who had a turkey farm and their turkeys were only slightly higher than the grocery store ones. They had so so many turkeys and people did come from all around to buy them. I remember that they gave tours of the farm to kids and explained all sorts of things about turkeys and raising them. The woman also held a 4-h class in which she taught different ways to cook turkey and different crafts to do with the feathers. I can't imagine it being cost effective for this woman to raise too many turkeys thinking to sell them at the price she is asking. I would think she'd have to get orders well in advance and only raise a few more than the amount of orders. Turkeys are for the most part a seasonal item.

hi PointlessQuestions no thats what my dad would have called highway robbery. I sure would not pay that much per pound thats ridiculous. fine for wealthy people but not for the ordinary working person,we had friends back in S D. that raised free range turkeys and they sold them for a dollar a pound which even then was great.also she really made money as all the town people drove out to her farm to bu y their Thanksgiving turkeys plus sweet potatoes and yams too and pumpkins.those were great times but then every thing was so much cheaper.

I do not think I would pay that much for a turkey. there would not be any money left for nothing else..I think you may have to be rich really rich to do that..rich or poor that is too much..heck I think 20 dollars for a turkey is too high. it is all bones now days. bought a large tukey once and by the time it was cooked It varely was enough to use ..It was more bone than meat..heck it may be cheaper to buy from the deli but not as good..heck sometimes I wonder about all meat is it worth it? times are hard and changeing fast..

ya for sure you should not pay that since its quite expensive ideally

With all the issues I have had and cpntiue to have I could see myself payig this. I usually get this chicken, and turkey in the grocery store. I'm not sure the weight (it's not 20lbs). 1 - 3 pounds is about $16 - $20 here which is what I pay anyways. But usually this is the only meat that agrees with me, but I dont buy it often or on sale so it's cheapier. The other meats usually have additives and hormones. When I stopped eatting the regular meats I noticed a big difference in myself, and my body.

Looks like the customers know the reasonability of the price of turkeys though I dont know anything of them.

I can't afford that, but I know some people who could. I don't think it's unreasonable if it is important to a person to know the turkey was raised and what it ate. I just think she doesn't have a very large market.

That would be too high a price to pay for me. Better that I go and shoot a wild turkey out in the wilderness. By the way, do wild turkeys eat just the seeds and grass off the ground or do they also eat bugs and things. If they do, it is all right to get turkeys that have meat in their diet. But really you must not feed a turkey anything that is unnatural. So if a turkey is a herbivore, that is what they have to feed even on a turkey farm or barn. As for the price, it is a bit too high and if Mary increased her production, the price should decrease and if others raised their turkeys wild, the price would go down. Right now it is sort of like a rich person's enjoyment in the eating that is.

Well thats wonderful she raises them free range and feeds them so well but I could never afford to pay the prices she charges. I dont really understand why she charges so much. I guess if thats what she can get for them then good for her but there really is no reason she needs to charge so much. She probably would actually do better lowering the price she would sell more.

Well, when it comes to turkey, the most I ever eat is one sliver at Thanksgiving or Christmas, so I wouldn't do that. But, there are other things that I pay a little more for because I believe it's worth it. $160 seems like too much though for one turkey.

Gee... for that price, I think I'd rather just buy the turkey and raise it myself. Same end result, and cheaper! Except we'd probably end up with a pet turkey instead of a turkey dinner... your new avatar, by the way!

That is above and beyond doubling the store prices. I would never pay that much for a turkey. I would find something else to make for that holiday dinner and say goodbye turkey.