Would you believe that i`m doing almost all the job alone? I get some help when i start to butcher(but only to clean the feathers left from plucking), i`ll carve all the birds myself(i really enjoy to do that, i`m pretty fast). Sometimes i`m getting some help to clean the barns(but not every...
I rear mostly black and bronze turkeys, i use to make hybrids crossing male heritage to BBB females. I butcher all myself and deliver those in carcass at clients door. Females weight 3-4 kg and males 6-8 kg for broilers. I slaughter them at 8-9 months old.
I rear those for economic purpose, it`s my third year doing this after my friends asked me to raise for them too, Before doing this i used to rear those in small numbers only for my family(80-100). They go in a coop for the night time(foxes would kill them all), daytime they roam in a 1 acre...
Hello. R2elk is right, blackhead(histomonas) is something unevitable when you keep turkeys with chicks. I have it in my area so i had to get rid of my chicks and every year i have to do profilaxy on my birds. Thinking to relocate the farm. Turkey eggs are the best, they are higher in protein...
You can also use propolis to feed your sick chicken, will strengthen the immunity system of the bird. Once I used to force feed fresh honey bee(with an insulin syringe) to turkey poults who were sick(and wouldn`t eat anything) and they recovered well.
Finally someone like me. So i`m not the only one who feeds bee pollen to poultry. It is the best food for your poultry if you want to go full organic(bcs it contains all the aminoacids). Some interesting research to read about...
Interesting to read
https://www.odditycentral.com/animals/a-different-kind-of-chicken-farm-italian-farmer-raises-thousands-of-chickens-in-the-woods.html?fbclid=IwAR389Kq2UPECixYV25V6SrkBPz5ODJtxnrXOpKgIJwZS0yFCUp3XLySR2rc