it will die in minutes where as a turkey already dead will last in the freezer for 3 months to 6 months...alternatively....look on the plastic bag the turkey came in and it will tell you.
Poultry will last up to a year in the freezer.
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Meats are kept well by freezing them. Meats can be frozen for years and still be good when defrosted. As long as the meat was NOT spoiled when frozen.
Cooked turkey, off the bone, should be good for 3 to 4 days refrigerated.
4 months
Ground turkey should last in the freezer for 6-8 months.
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It's diseased. Don't eat it. you had it in the deep freezer for too long.
It is good 3-4 months.
6 months
3 days.
Carve off every bit of turkey from the carcass. Put into separate plastic containers and put in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. At 3 days, best to put the unused turkey in the container into the freezer. It should be used within a month or two, once it is put into the freezer. Stuffing needs to be removed right after the turkey is cooked and put into a container. Whatever is not used in the next day, should be put in the freezer.
No one can say precisely when a pre-cooked turkey will go bad, but plan to use it up within one month for best flavor.
A raw turkey should keep for a year in the freezer. If it is cooked, figure on a month.(To answer the Discussion) Cooked turkey will last 3-4 days in the fridge. For best flavor after cooking a turkey, remove the leftover meat from the bones. The bones develop off-flavors rather quickly, so boil them ASAP to make broth. For soup, you can then separate any meat from the bones and add extra meat that you cut off earlier.A frozen, uncooked turkey, can be kept in the freezer up to 8 months. If the turkey has been cooked, the recommended freezer life is 4-6 months. Be sure the turkey is well wrapped so as not to get freezer burn, which will decrease the flavor and vitamin quality.
Indefinately often
7 years
A raw turkey should keep for a year in the freezer. If it is cooked, figure on a month.(To answer the Discussion) Cooked turkey will last 3-4 days in the fridge. For best flavor after cooking a turkey, remove the leftover meat from the bones. The bones develop off-flavors rather quickly, so boil them ASAP to make broth. For soup, you can then separate any meat from the bones and add extra meat that you cut off earlier.A frozen, uncooked turkey, can be kept in the freezer up to 8 months. If the turkey has been cooked, the recommended freezer life is 4-6 months. Be sure the turkey is well wrapped so as not to get freezer burn, which will decrease the flavor and vitamin quality.