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    Gould's wild turkeys again

    No Luck at all. Hope you can find them.
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    strange tom dance?

    Normal. He likes you:P
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    New Pics 11 1/2 weeks Bronzes

    Yikes!! All look like hens to me. No big snoods and the breast feathers are edged in white or buff. Pretty turkeys
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    Why do my BR poults look so different?

    Does number 2 have a snood. Looks like a chick more than a poult. May be just the photo
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    Young RP/Sweetgrass turkey poult surprisingly meaty.

    From experience i can tell you that the toms will be plenty meaty and the hens less so at 20 weeks. Toms are about optimal at 30 weeks. I prefer to let hens go closer to a year for yield and extra eggs.
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    30% off at Porters Rare Heritage Turkeys, this month only!

    Sorry for your bad experience. I would probably feel the same way in your shoes but am surprised Kevin would not talk things through with you. This year I ordered 33 Porter poults, got 38 including extras and have 36 healthy young turkeys from that lot. My bad batch arrived with 2 dead and...
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    Are turkeys fragile or did I just get a run of bad luck?

    Thomasturkey there has to be a logical explanation for why you lost so many poults. It could be one of many things including bad food, a virulent strain of cocci, poults getting chilled due to a draft, etc.. As a general rule poults that are eating, drinking and unstressed do very well. My...
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    Are turkeys fragile or did I just get a run of bad luck?

    With turkey poults if they arrive stressed you are fighting an uphill battle to save them. If they arrive in good shape they will thrive if given high protein food, clean water and a heat source. Don't mean to oversimplify but that has been my experience.
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    30% off at Porters Rare Heritage Turkeys, this month only!

    Kevin offers the widest variety of quality heritage poults I am aware of. I have had the pleasure of getting poults from him multiple times, about a half dozen. He cannot control the stress those babies get during shipping. None of the hatcheries can. Of the approximately 100 poults he has sent...
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    Lilac Turkeys?

    While I think of it we should give a huge huge welcome to Kevin. We are very lucky he has started participating in this forum. Also thanks for the many gorgeous poults you have sold to me:D
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    how do you get turkeys to trust you

    Don't eat them:lau:lau
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    hen injured by tom

    Depending on the severity of the gash she probably needs to be separated from the tom. It will only get deeper with breeding attempts. May want to put in a couple of sutures if it is realy long and deep already.
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    Anyone have penciled palms?

    I have one Porter hen from last year and she looks just like the pictures on Kevins site. Have 6 more heading my way from him soon:D
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    Alas, still no turkey eggs.

    No eggs for me yet in southern California
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    Heritage Turkeys for sale

    Have a variety of heritage turkeys available for sale. First up 4 Porter Fall Fires. 2 toms and 2 hens. Next 3 Porter Auburn hens. One Porter pencilled palm hen.One bronze and one Narri hen from unknown lines. One Porter Sweetgrass Tom. All these turkeys are extras destined for freezer camp if...
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