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    Post your new 2010 Turkeys

    Awesome pics guys keep them coming
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    Post your new 2010 Turkeys

    Thanks! They are doing wonderful!
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    Post your new 2010 Turkeys

    Hey guys and gals I thought it might be interesting to see everyones new turkey flocks whether they are a day old or six weeks old. I keep turkeys and chickens as pets on our 70 acre farm. I do eat their eggs. I have adult bourbon reds that I have had for a year but I just got 3 blue...
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    I thought turkeys like to roost?

    All my turkeys roost, even the four week old poults roost on a little roost I built for them in their brooder.
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    Dead Or Alive?

    1. Do you kill turkeys for profit? NO 2. Do you kill turkeys for your own table? NO 3. Do you sell eggs or live turkeys for profit? NO 4. Do you keep turkeys only as pets or for eggs for your own table? YES 5. Did you start to keep turkeys intending to kill them but find that you cannot do...
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    Anyone ever had their domestic turkey mate with a wild turkey?

    just curious...I have wild turkeys in my field all the tme with my bourbon reds. The wild toms court them every morning
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    Tell me EVERYTHING I need to know about turkey poults...

    Raising poults is not hard at all really imo there are 3 things you have to do in order to be successful: I have raised 3 flocks about 30 birds and I have only had three not make it past the 2nd week. 1. you have to keep them warm for the first 3 weeks ( a heat lamp works best) between 88-95...
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    Found baby turkey, wounded wing

    if he turkey's wing has a laceration put some iodine for farm animals on the wing to reduce any risk of infection. I would recommend to put her up in a stall or enclosure for safety. when she becomes more active then I would say let her out and let it do its thing. feed it yard feed and...
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    Got my tom...don't know if he will last

    hey there yeah they fight in order to sustain a pecking order but it usually doesnt last too long. they will become friends and will fight again if seperated even for a day. the wild turkeys keep my bourbon reds in check about every day.
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    Help with new bourbon red, please

    man that sucks i couldnt kill my birds for thankgiving if i had to. well i probably could but ya know what i mean
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    Thinking about getting into Turkeys

    The caring for turkeys does not really differ that much from chickens in my experience. They need to be wormed monthly (I use Wazine17) when young they need a high protein feed. 28-30% protein. Turkeys dont like the rain much either. It is and can be very hard on turkeys. I let my turkeys...
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    Thinking about getting into Turkeys

    Turkeys are great! I have 8 turkeys and they are pets. They have a lot more personality than you would imagine. I got my poults in the spring at the local feed store. Most feed stroes that carry chicks, ducks will carry turkeys if requested. Good luck
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