do i have all of the right information on turkeys

shanezoobuild

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Jul 11, 2015
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I’m designing a community farm and I was wondering if you could do both or one of the following for me and either answer a few questions I have and or read over my care sheet and tell me if there’s any wrong information or things you would do differently.

Questions
Male to female hatch rate
Amount of amoxicillin to be used
Write up

Turkeys

Special care


Temperament
Generally calm
Disease symptoms

Cost
Egg cost 5.75
Chick cost 13.50
Chick to grower feed amount 5.35lbs
Grower to butcher feed amount 21.86lbs
Maintainer feed amount 8.71lbs

Enclosure

Size
5sf
Height

2f
Fence type
Chicken Wire
Shelter
Three sided coop
Equipment
Grit, water, food and calcium dish. Nest box.
Terrain
Dirt, grass
Diet

Feed type

Turkey maintainer or chicken maintainer 16%
Amount
Unlimited
Minerals/other
Grit. Calcium
Breeding

Sexing

Males have larger gobbler and tail.
Ratio
1-5 medium sized. 1-3 for large
Age
7 months male and female. Stops at 10 years
Season
Spring-summer
Diet
Added calcium dish and
Eggs

Clutch size and numbers per year

10-14. 180 per year
Collecting time
Morning
Storing
14 days, room temperature, 70 80% humidity
Hatch time
31
Incubation temp
100
Humidity
55%
Candling

6 days
Stop turning
28
Lock down
75%
Move to brooder
Dry
Brooder
Size

1sf per bird
Height
12 inches
Temperature decreasing

6 weeks
Feed type length
Chick starter chicken or turkey 16%. 6 weeks
Water dishes
No marbles
Special nutrients
Grit
Grow out pen

Size

5sf
Feed type length

Butcher


Butcher age

6 months
 
Turkey
I’m designing a community farm and I was wondering if you could do both or one of the following for me and either answer a few questions I have and or read over my care sheet and tell me if there’s any wrong information or things you would do differently.

Questions
Male to female hatch rate
Amount of amoxicillin to be used
Write up

Turkeys

Special care


Temperament
Generally calm
Disease symptoms

Cost
Egg cost 5.75
Chick cost 13.50
Chick to grower feed amount 5.35lbs
Grower to butcher feed amount 21.86lbs
Maintainer feed amount 8.71lbs

Enclosure

Size
5sf
Height

2f
Fence type
Chicken Wire
Shelter
Three sided coop
Equipment
Grit, water, food and calcium dish. Nest box.
Terrain
Dirt, grass
Diet

Feed type

Turkey maintainer or chicken maintainer 16%
Amount
Unlimited
Minerals/other
Grit. Calcium
Breeding

Sexing

Males have larger gobbler and tail.
Ratio
1-5 medium sized. 1-3 for large
Age
7 months male and female. Stops at 10 years
Season
Spring-summer
Diet
Added calcium dish and
Eggs

Clutch size and numbers per year

10-14. 180 per year
Collecting time
Morning
Storing
14 days, room temperature, 70 80% humidity
Hatch time
31
Incubation temp
100
Humidity
55%
Candling

6 days
Stop turning
28
Lock down
75%
Move to brooder
Dry
Brooder
Size

1sf per bird
Height
12 inches
Temperature decreasing

6 weeks
Feed type length
Chick starter chicken or turkey 16%. 6 weeks
Water dishes
No marbles
Special nutrients
Grit
Grow out pen

Size

5sf
Feed type length

Butcher


Butcher age

6 months

You have some incorrect information in there. Read the Turkeys 101 thread.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...-turkeys-what-do-i-need-to-know#post_11309891

Hatch time is 28 days and lockdown is 25 days.

Butcher age depends on whether you have BBs or heritage turkeys.

Sexing at young age is difficult. Adults are sexed easily. Toms have a much larger snood, are more likely to display and the only ones that can gobble.

Most people do not use medicated feed. It will not harm the turkeys but in most areas it is not available unless special ordered.
 
You pm'd me and I said I would look over your plan. I am having trouble typing on the pm part of this forum so will respond here. This appears to be a list of questions which I am not able to answer because they are general questions related to turkeys and I only have experience with mine. I recommend you do your own research so that you will better understand it.
Most of what I have learned about chickens and turkeys is through observation, talking to people and researching issues as they arise or as they occur to me as questions.
If you go on a regular online search there are many university papers posted that will give you what you want.
good luck
 

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