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I was hoping I could get some advise for next year. As my garden winds down I was thinking of placing a tractor of meat birds that I'd move around the garden to put some manure directly on the garden for next year. My garden is 50'x75' and with an 8'x8' tractor I was hoping to run a batch of...

I wont have to worry about dark colored pin feathers discoloring the carcass? Or is it still an issue?

Anybody have any info on roughly how many turkeys in a tractor? I'm looking to do a few next year and wasnt sure how many I could put in an 8 x 8 or 8 x 12 tractor. Thanks

How do you go about selecting which traits you want them to pass on from a Roo vs a hen when making a cross? I want to try a Buckeye/New Hampshire breeding and see what I get. The goal is a faster growing colored meat bird. Basically recreating something very similar to the Freedom Ranger. I...

If a breed is accepted by the APA but the color isn't recognized can it still be shown? Thanks folks;

Anybody notice a difference between the 2 in rate of laying? Need a proficient layer of brown eggs.... Thank you

Anybody tried this? Ive seen the colored broilers on Ideals page and wondered if they could reproduce naturally. Slower growth rate compared to the CRX, but still faster than any other dual purpose breed. I don't have the space right now otherwise Id hold some back and see what happened...

How does Black affect the Silver Laced or Gold Laced? Can a Roo carry more than one sex linked color? Thank you

Any experience anybody wants to share good or bad? Percentage of fertile eggs? Any issues with breeding, chick rearing? I plan on doing the Standard by the way. Thank you for your time.

Anybody doing this? Would you mind sharing your measurements and number of birds kept in your tractor? Ive had great success with chickens and wanted to add a few turkeys for next year. I can't find anything solid to go on so I can do this right. Any major do's or don'ts with raising...

Have put some serious thought into raising a sustainable flock of dual purpose birds. Keeping some hens back, and hatch our own to fill our needs for that years meat birds. So we're not restocking year after year with new chicks from a hatchery. The goal is to know exactly what we're getting...

Hello and thought Id drop in on this one; Was told to post this here so here goes...... Found this site when I was looking for more information on breeds of chickens. I'm looking for more information because my wife and I have decided to tractor raise some meat birds. My wife grew up in a...

Hello; Found this site when I was looking for more information on breeds of chickens. I'm looking for more information because my wife and I have decided to tractor raise some meat birds. My wife grew up in a farming family and currently shows Morgans. So we have the pasture, just need to...