Plucking and hanging turkeys

Sorry to ask a silly question.....I am ok with the dispatching of my Turkeys but am getting confused with all the different advice out there. I thought to to pluck while still warm, then hang for  couple of days then gut. However I have read about bleeding them first ( not keen but if necessary will do), and some say hang for at least 5 days, and pluck afterwards !  Heeelp!!!!  lol
Any advice from experienced keepers gratefully received 

Thanks Joy will do that............if it works for GrannieAnnie thats good enough for me xx
 

i got all my advice from Grannyannie and have now been succesfully breeding my own turkeys, i do as joyful said, cull, hang from feet slit throat to drain blood, pluck dry while still warm (if you wet pluck them the meat starts to turn sooner) hang in a cool place by the feet not neck as they do for game for 7-10 days depending on size of bird and how many you have to do, then i dress and clean either Christmas eve or the day before depending who they are for and when i get chance to deliver. hope this helps.

The others are right, but I wouldn't like to bleed and pluck at the same time, messy!  Some people don't bleed, but let the blood drain into the neck cavity if the neck was broken, but we have found that sometimes if there is too much blood, it can stay in the breasts and makes the breast meat look at taste 'orrible!

and yes, gut as late as possible, as the turkey does start to deteriorate faster once guts are out.  They should really hang for 7-10 days like Kelly's do theirs, but it all depends on how cold your hanging space is. 

We may not be rearing now, but Brian is still in demand for killing and dressing for other people!  And I would like to thank RachelR for making sure we and my Nici's family have a nice fresh home reared turkey this year!