turkeys

So I've decided to try turkeys this year. I have two heritage breeds, a Royal Palm and a Bourbon Red, on order and they're coming in a week or so. These turkeys would be strictly pets; I would never, ever eat them. I have raised countless batches of chicks:jumpy, so I know the drill for...

Looking for turkeys, preferably Bourbon Reds, but open to other breeds, including mixes. Also looking for coturnix or button quail. Only looking for hatching eggs or day olds. Located in Windsor, Ontario, but willing to travel a bit, or I will pay or shipping. Looking for them ASAP! Thanks :)

Hi i have two female turkeys, and i find that i truely love them! And enjoy spending time with them, I would love to breed them, for pets but no tom, do people rent toms? I live in Battle Ground Wa.

My teacher want's me to look up reinforcements for our turkeys. Such as what foods will they like the most, and the foods that they can not have. What methods to transport them pen to pen are good and what methods are bad?

Hi. I'm new to Backyard Chickens, but not new to chickens. We have had laying hens off and on for 10 years or so. We also get a batch if meat birds every spring. I love the feeling of not being dependent on the stores for my chicken and eggs. We also guinea fowl, turkeys, 2 nanny goats and a...

So I have chickens and ducks but these wild turkeys have adopted out house as home base and sleep in the neighbor's tree.

I'm raising 5 turkeys for my chapter of FFA for the first time, I'm wondering if anyone has any advice on how to raise bigger birds and how to fatten them up. The people who show birds at the shows I attend have been doing it for many years so they know a lot more than i do, but I want to have a...

So this is my first year raising turkeys and i'm already in love. Started out with a rescue, a broad breasted bronze we named Dorthy. Got a friend for her, a half Black Spanish half wild tom. Realized we didn't have enough hens so we bought 3 royal palm hens one turned out to be a tom so we...

Hi! I was wondering if anyone else is raising turkeys with their chickens. We have two, a Tom and a hen named Christmas and Easter. They’re a lot of fun and their hilarious to watch. They live with our eight chickens. They have their own turkey roost while the chickens have their own coop. They...

Hello! Just got 4 black turkeys; I don't have any roosting areas for them at the moment. We have a goat shed/barn for the goats and I'm thinking about putting roosting bars in there, but not sure if our new turkeys will go inside of it. Or maybe build some kind of 45 degree angle roosting...

HI all, (second post within 10 minutes, just signed up, hope im doing this right) I have a pair of silver pheasents recently given to me. i have them penned up at the moment by themselves. i would love to know if they can be free ranged? and/or if they can live in a 30 x 50m pen with 5 ducks...

Hi! Just out of curiosity, I decided to start this thread. What are your favorite breeds for chickens? Any breeds are fine, bantams or standards. You can also say what your favorite breeds are for other birds, such as ducks, pheasants, turkeys, quail, etc. Just make sure you clarify that they're...

Anyone else have them. I just love mine. They have such big personalities. I also have Lavender Orpingtons

Secret life of pet turkeys...

Hi all! After a year of trial and error on my chicken coop (and lots of blood, sweat and tears) it was upgraded to high functioning status a couple of months ago for my flock of 7 chickens. (Just in time for the arrival of 18 baby chicks. Back to the drawing board) However, I have 20...