That’s good to know. I will be putting 7 week olds with about 11/12 week olds. There is such a size difference…so it’s a bit scary…not wanting anything to happen to the little ones. Right now they can see/peck each other through a hardware cloth door adjoining both pens. I am thinking I should...
And I understand what you are saying about them fighting…but like I said in my post earlier…there are times when it can work too. They are still young right now….10 weeks and some are younger (6 weeks). I am going slowly through the introduction process with them right now so they can stay...
I won’t be keeping a bunch of toms. I will be choosing which to keep after they are old enough for me to tell which exactly are the boys. I have a few people waiting to give the rest of the boys wonderful homes.
We just completed a 150 sq ft enclosed roost building that has a short door between 2 areas (one is 50 sq ft and the other is 100 sq ft. We decided it was better to have the option to separate if we need to, should there be a health issue or injury or if they just need to ‘get away’ from each...
Hi. I am setting up a turkey pen/roost. I have done a lot of reading but have some specific questions: I will be keeping 3 toms (Bourbon Red, Narragansett and Black Spanish And 2 hens of each). It was previously used for chickens up until this past week. I will be keeping my chickens separate...