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We were told they were standard bronze when we got them as 2 WK old poults....they turned out to be broad breasted bronzes. We were a little disappointed because we were hoping for poults come Spring. From what I am learning they don't typically breed well on their own because of their size. Our...

Our sweet "Tommy" at The Old Five Notch Farm

Ivan3, thank you for the post. They have a large pen (25 x 75) and they get several hours of supervised free range time daily. We supplement fresh greens to give a variety of foods too. We are feeding Purina's Layena thinking the lower protein (16%) than turkey ration (20%) will help....any...

Old time way, thank you for your response. We were hoping for poults, but we will just be happy with our trio. We are rather attached to these big birds so they will live out their lives here at The Old Five Notch Farm :-)

A little history, we purchased turkey poults in May, said to be 2 weeks old standard bronze poults. My tom, "Tommy" is now 7 months and weighs in at 53 lbs, his girls, "Diva" and "Baby Girl" 30 lbs each. From what I have read these turkeys are more than likely broad breasted not standard. My...

My name is Mary-Jane and my sweet farmer man, Scott, and I have a small hobby farm in SC. We have both raised chickens and ducks in the past, but since we married in 2012 we are in this together! We have 8 Golden Laced Wyandotte hens and 2 GLW roos..."Jerry" and "Rudy". We also have 7 guineas (5...