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Leaving turkeys to roost in the trees over night?
Oh, a couple of bales of straw/hay with a couple of 1"x8"(10") planks on top of the bales. Once the males start getting "filled out" they'll stick close to the ground. Hens, though they do get the "waddling" stage, tend to fly more (though much less than heritage turks). If you start to put... -
Leaving turkeys to roost in the trees over night?
Provide the BB's low roosts 2"x4" wide side up - at no more than head ht. Other members have had luck just providing a few bales of straw that they can "perch" on. Same thing with areas they like to hunker down on during day (plenty of straw/dry bedding}. If you are planning on keeping these... -
Leaving turkeys to roost in the trees over night?
If you don't have raccoons, or owls, or ice storms in the winter? Probably not a problem. Ours were returned to the shed (bow and arrow to shoot a leader over the occupied limb - followed by nylon cord on which a couple of, punched through, empty, gallon water jugs had been "attached" - point...