They will be 2 months old on the 7th of Sept. I started them on FRM game bird/turkey starter 28% protein and they are now on grower feed. Plus I let them out at least once a day to forage. One of them caught a lizard the other day, lol. We get a lot of them here in the south. I am going to...
So I had my babies out of their cage yesterday and my brother in law came out by them. They started making noises I have never heard. When he turned around to walk away one of the boys started following him and his feathers were all puffed up and his head & neck turned the brightest red I have...
It is so funny because they are getting so big but sound like babies. Their voices are starting to change though, I spend a lot of my time with them. One of them had a lizard lunch the other day, lol. It got in their house, needless to say it wasn't alive very long, lol. I started them on...
This is Cooper, one of my Beltsville babies. He will be 2 months old on Sept. 7th. I didn't know they got so big so fast! This is my 1st time raising turkeys. And I am loving it! And he does have a sibling named Sheldon, lol
Just took these photos this morning. Actually I lived in Beaverdam, but I just said Lima because I thought more people would know Lima.. I did work in Lima though.
Mine strutt constantly. I spend a lot of time outdoors with them and so I watch them closely. Six of them strutt and one does not and never has. And she is very petite and the others are much bigger. Mine will soon be 2 months old and barely have any feathers left on their head or necks...
I just took this today. WHen mine were small my cat would also swat at them, When I brought one in today the cat totally backed away, lol. Anyway, This photo is of my girl which I named 'Freedom" because of hatching on the 4th of July. The other 6 hatched on the 7th. I ended up with 6 males...