hi everyone just an update on the turkey he is getting alot of those plastic covered feathers for his tail a couple have come in and the rest are still growing there are at least 30 of them starting to grow i will post pictures of them when they start to come in better thank you everyone
thank you but i still need to know about the black oiled sunflower seeds in my other posts that i asked about thank you so much you have been a big help
also how would i feed it to him because he roams the yard with some of my chickens and ducks and they all eat out of the same container should i mix it with the feed or put in a seperate container and put him aside away from the chickens and let him eat as much as he wants also how long before...
his right leg has a curve to it at the knee and he could barely walk when i got him he would take a couple of steps and fall to the ground from being tired now he gets around great he can almost run when i put the feed out but he wobbles from his leg you should beable to see it in the pictures...
before i got him he was locked in a small pen with a bunch of chickens and another tom turkey and they would go away for the week to travel and fill all the feeders up to last them for a week and the turkeys would sit infront of the feeders and eat as much as possible thats how he got so fat and...
at night he sleeps outside on the dirt and during the day he likes to lay in the shade and with his beak bring dirt to his chest to cool him off i live in florida so it gets hot
at present probably is about 30 - 35 pounds he used to weight 65 when i got him and he is a pet also i have had him longer then a year and ever since i have owned him his underneath has had no feathers
i have a little serama golden hen she got into my pen with my rir rooster and he is very big his foot is half the bird and he tried to mount the bird but he is just way to big he got her cornered and kept pecking and puling at her head she has no feathers on the head or neck and is bleeding...
this is a picture of his belly you can see there are a few new feathers but not alot it just rained today thats why he is wet
there is his tail feathers i looked in them and i saw like three new stems that are going to be feathers
also he sleeps out side all the time since i had him on the...
thank you but ever since i have owned him he has had no feathers on his chest and belly thats about a year now as you see my avatar his tail feathers were beautiful but now they are about half afoot long and all scruffy looking this is the first turkey i have owned so i dont know much but i dont...
what kind of incubator are you using you can let the hen do it do if she is trying to sit on them you wont have to touch them she will take care of it all until they hatch then you will have to feed them if you are using the incubator and it doenst have an automatic egg turner you will have to...