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    Time to process?

    What is the best age for processing my broad breasted turkeys? By best I mean for texture, flavor, size, fat content, etc. Thanks,
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    Hope This Saves A Turkey From Blackhead

    My turkeys are all healthy and thriving. I gave them massive doses of cayenne and started apple cider vinegar. Now just a dusting of cayenne and still use vinegar.
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    Will He Be Ready By Thanksgiving

    16 weeks minimum, 18-20 gives a better fat content, or so the literature says. I am new to turkeys, too...
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    tom fighting

    I spent most of the day with my injured turkey, bonding. His scalp oozed a clear, foamy liquid into the void over his scull. This has now solidified and will, I believe, form a scab. He acts like nothing has happened, other than loosing his flock
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    Turkey eye problem

    One of my turks had one eye partially shut with bubbles coming out, yesterday. Turns out she had a fox tail stuck under her eye. I removed it and treated her with sterile tears. 5 minutes later, she was fine...
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    Happy isolation

    I have an injured turkey that will be staying in hospital isolation for some time. Any ideas on how to keep him happy, or at least less stressed, while in isolation? Thus far, my sitting and talking to him is working, but when I leave his sight or don't respond to his pleas, he freaks out...
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    How is it possible?

    My understanding as well, Syble. However, the turkeys are thriving; eating very well (about 1/2 lb. per bird per day), drinking, getting bigger everyday, happy, busy, curious.... I am really doubting that this is starvation or blackhead. I have seen the same turkey have a normal poop, and...
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    tom fighting

    I isolated the injured turkey. After cleaning the wound and removing the necrotic tissue, he has a 1"x1/2" piece of his scalp missing. It looks like it will heal well. Will I have to wait until it is completely healed, after scab has dropped off, before I can reintroduce him to the flock?
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    How is it possible?

    We have been talking about blackhead a lot, lately. I have posted several times on the subject myself. The first symptom most folks notice is the yellow to brown foamy diarrhea, including me. Now, the dangerous part; I have been thinking..... Blackhead is caused by a cecal worm, as part of...
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    tom fighting

    My toms, at 7 weeks, are fighting - a lot. And brutally. They have been fighting for a couple of weeks now. As they get bigger and stronger, they are damaging each other. Today, one tom got his scalp half torn off! Is this normal? My turkeys are on pasture, with lots of food, water and forage.
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    Hope This Saves A Turkey From Blackhead

    I have been giving my flock cayenne pepper for 3 days, now. A bit heavier than the rounded tbsp/20L of feed (more like 1/4 cup/15lb of feed); the feed looks like Australian soil. Today, there is NO MORE blackhead diarrhea!! Way cool..
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    My 5 week old turkey poult is displaying! (And a few questions.)

    At 6 weeks, my turkeys (BBW & BBB) strut regularly. Sometimes it seems that they are trying to impress me! The little darlings. To clip or not to clip? One wing or two? Good questions and lots of opinions. I trim both wings. Little suckers still can jump 3 feet in the air with clipped...
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    Can I give this to my not so active turkey?

    You can give Electrolyte & Vitamin Supplements at any age. Yellow poop can be blackhead. Check out some of the other posts on this subject. Lots of good information. I am trying cayenne pepper for my blackhead (if in fact it is blackhead?!?)
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    Had to put down my Hen - So so bad....

    I completely empathize with you, Jon. One of my poults broke his leg and I had to put him down. This is the first time I have had to kill a turkey. Some 30 years ago I raised chickens for eggs. When the girls stopped laying efficiently, I dispatched them and got more. A friend that raised...
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    we are thinkin Tony is a Tom.. are we right? (pics)

    Me thinks tom as well. Looks just like the turkeys I have identified as toms in my 6 week old flock, just more mature. Could be wrong, though....
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