I have no advise about cutting up a turkey but do think there is a link on how to do it here somewhere Dedicated to proper carnivore nutrition - Prey Model Raw Feeding for Dogs & Cats, also did you make sure those turkeys are unenhanced as this can cause upset to the system....Good Luck

 

Here's the video Robin was referring to
How to break down a whole turkey for raw feeding - PreyModelRaw.com - YouTube

You can feed every part of the bird!

Your dogs should be able to handle the bones just fine. We have no problem with turkey leg bones in our house.

 

All mine handle turkey drumbsticks just fine.

 

When I dismantled my first two turkeys, I has a pocket knife, a flat screw driver and a hammer It took a long time. Much easier with the right tools to use. Two of my dogs do fine with all the parts of the turkey. the other has tummy issues and is allergic to it. But the two that eat it, eat all of it no problem.

 

No safety issues to worry about with the thawing and refreezing. If you want to thaw it faster, you can even sit it in the bath tub or in the basement or something....I am not that patient so when I want to thaw things, they usually just sit out in the basement overnight or for 24 hours, and then I go at breaking it down.

 

These were smaller birds so I was able to thaw two birds in each side of my kitchen sink about 7 hours (after sitting frozen in my car for 4 - grabbed them on my lunch break, it's 5 degrees out so my car is basically a fridge this time of year, lol). They were frozen in the middle still when I started carving, I'll know to wait a bit longer because it made splitting the carcass more difficult. The meat was mostly thawed, just a bit icy inside the ribcage in parts. I was so excited to find the neck inside, lol.

Thanks so much for the vid - definitely helped a lot. It did not go that easily for me, took me a lot longer to figure out how to disjoint big pieces and how to cut meat off the breast, etc.

The right tools will make it easier also, my $7 set of IKEA knives just weren't cutting it (har har), blade was bending, I'm going to have to invest in a better quality set. I ran out of bowls/containers so I had to grab all the dog bowls to put my meat cuts into . Also forgot to pick up freezer bags, so improvised with portioning into plastic grocery bags twisted and wrapped around.

Thanks everyone! It was a great success!