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I'm wondering what type of feed i should be feeding my BBB tom to gain weight, or if he should be gaining more weight than he is... currently he is gaining approximately 1 lb per week on a 1/2 flock raiser feed, 1/2 cracked corn mix. he is 23 weeks and about 27 pounds in weight. Does that seem...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xC9TCOZnOFg&feature=youtube_gdata_player i recorded him making the noise. it sounds mostly like a slurp. he doesn't do it all the time - mostly when he is not strutting. is this a normal turkey noise? or does he have some kind of a respritory thing going on?

I'm pretty sure it's normal, but it just looks so different that his normal red throat color. THis morning he was out strutting and doing his 'pffffft' thing to really try to impress all the chickens - and he's never done the 'pfffft' before - so i'm wondering if this new throat color and...

Recently i picked up a Lyon Turner X incubator. It was missing the water bottle and screen, but it worked and those parts can be purchased from Lyon Electronics. The other item that was missing was the turner motor. I thought this would be available too, but when i saw that the price was over...

Yesterday i picked up a Lyon's Electronic Turner-X Incubator (I think it's the X5). It didn't have the turning motor, but i am working on a turning assembly. I've got the motor (a 3 RPM motor from a rotiserie cooker) and a mounting platform constructed - (molted plexiglass), all wiring is done -...

Yeaterday was the first "warm" day in Boise, reaching upper 80's. It will get a lot hotter during the summer - up into the 100's for a few weeks... When i was out checking on the birds yesterday, i noticed that the turkey wasn't as red in the throat as normal and his carnacules were less...

are there any resources that provide a rough guide to how large a BBB would be at a given point in time based on the hatch date? For instance - i'm wondering if he was born on March 11 and maintains the normal growth rate of a BBB - how much would he weigh at around thanksgiving time? isn't...

this is our 8 week old BBB - "Tyson Butterball" I think he might actually be a she though... thoughts?

I'm working on plans for a cabinet style egg incubator & auto turner. To figure out where the motor should go, i need the rough degree at which the turner should tilt - does anyone know what it would be? maybe 40 degrees or so? does that sound right or is that too much, not enough? Having this...

My BBB is about a month old now and seems to be doing really good. He's active and curious, walking around, etc. One thing i have noticed (compared to chickens) is that the feathering on him - in areas that are normally covered - is pretty sparse. For instance, on the side of his body, where his...

We're new to turkeys - he seems like his coordination is lacking when it comes to walking. The turkey can walk, but it is not graceful or controlled.... is this normal? there's a video of him walking here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QP3j3aHsU04 could you let me know if he looks like an...

I just built a new coop - with nesting boxes and outside access - it's a great setup - IF i can convince the hens to use the boxes. I switched from Pine shavings to straw for the bedding - this is a mobile coop with OBS floor above the run. I'm wondering if I should have straw in the main coop...

Recently I started thinking about raising turkeys - I live in the city, back yard is fenced and about .25 acres. I was contemplating starting in the spring with something like 2 turkeys - just to see how it goes & do somne research throughout the winter. I guess my first question is - would...