We do the Atwood's turkey chicks. We had heritage birds up until 2 months ago and I kept my Slate hen for her eggs. We now keep her in with the chickens and everybody does just fine.
If I remember correctly, they only carry the broad breasted though, so their stay will only be about 4 to 6 months total before you have to butcher.
We used a carport and surrounded it with chain-link fencing, then the upper with chicken wire...put in a board for roosting and they were quite comfortable.
We also let them free range during the day and they were always happy to go to the "house" at night. We will be raising more turkeys as soon as they come in and they will share the night roost area with the geese I am incubating
If I remember correctly, they only carry the broad breasted though, so their stay will only be about 4 to 6 months total before you have to butcher.
We used a carport and surrounded it with chain-link fencing, then the upper with chicken wire...put in a board for roosting and they were quite comfortable.
We also let them free range during the day and they were always happy to go to the "house" at night. We will be raising more turkeys as soon as they come in and they will share the night roost area with the geese I am incubating