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    If I were to get BBW soon, how big should they be by Thanksgiving?

    Thanks for the information. I'm not sure where you got 27 pounds as an estimate, though; the chart says 29 pounds at 16 weeks. With my heritage turkeys, the toms and hens were about the same size up until around 3 months, when the toms started to outgrow the hens. Is there a bigger size...
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    If I were to get BBW soon, how big should they be by Thanksgiving?

    I had a lot of predator problems and lost a lot of my heritage turkeys this summer. I now have a secure run built. An acquaintance has some BBWs on order from Meyer and I'm considering buying some of his lot. They are "Nicholas strain" birds. The would arrive the last week of August. Does anyone...
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    do I need to give niacin to my ducklings if they eat flock raiser?

    Hello, I am new to BYC and this is my very first post! I've been interested in ducks since the 1950s, when I was a student at Cornell and worked at the Duck Research Laboratory (http://www.duckhealth.com/ducklab.html) on Long Island for several summers. We did research on duck nutrition, some of...
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