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    Turkeys, 2 weeks old`

    I started with 70 white BB turkeys. I lost maybe 20...5 covered by the hatchery. Most of the others i believe suffocated here and there while they were huddling, despite the 1rst week temp being 90-98 degrees. Everyone looks good now though. Chicks are eating like pihrana. Feeding Meat Maker and...
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    Turkey chick help...

    I have them under 2 red heat lamps...their "pen" is actually a truck toolbox I dont use...LOL...the 2 ligts kep the temp nice and warm, I read the first week or so they shoulf be around 98 degrees, so the 2 lights keep the temp consistant.
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    Turkey chick help...

    I bought 70 white turkeys, which I have had for exactly 1 week today. I initaily lost 5 due to shipping stress, which the hatchery covered. I lost 8 more due to trampling etc. 4 of them the other turkeys have picked at, Does anyone know a way to stop them from pecking at each other? there is...
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    Free Range or Not? What Does Everyone Prefer?

    I free range all my birds. I have a dozen geese, which live in the open and have a swimming pool, along with 2 ducks. My meat turkeys have their own pen, and come out only after they eat all their crumbles. My chickens bring themselves in at night and are locked in. After they are let out in the...
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    Turkey disease help please

    Well I started this mess, sorry I havent been back on. I went with the metro-zole stuff, thinking it was blackhead at first. First, my birds NEVER even came close to being sluggish or losing an appetite- they will eat you alive trying to get to their feed. They are meat birds, so I have kept...
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    Turkey disease help please

    I have started rasing some turkeys this year, and currently have 7 broad breasted. They started developing these marks on their faces and necks, cant find anything about what they are. They appear healthy and eat like champs, no apparant health issues other then the spots. I at first feared...
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