Tips for turkeys in the winter

[abbly2]

We are fairly new to owning turkeys. This will be our first winter with them. The picture below is the temporary setup we got for them, until the barn is finished in the spring. They will not go into the house, just sleep on the roof. It gets pretty cold here in TN and possibly ice storms(weather is very unpredictable here) so ant advice would be greatly appreciate.

 

[R2elk]

We are fairly new to owning turkeys. This will be our first winter with them. The picture below is the temporary setup we got for them, until the barn is finished in the spring. They will not go into the house, just sleep on the roof. It gets pretty cold here in TN and possibly ice storms(weather is very unpredictable here) so ant advice would be greatly appreciate.

The temperature is not a problem but the ice storms could be. My turkeys spend the nights on their roosts in all kinds of weather including the -40°F we had last winter.

Your "coop" is way too small for them.

Tarp off or set up pallets to close off the back area so they have protection from the ice storms.