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Adding light for earlier laying
Last year, my hens did not start to lay until June. I had them penned up with a small outdoor run through Spring hunting season. That may have had something to do with the late clutches, but I want to make sure they start laying in March or April this year. I'm not going to pen them up this... -
Fall Turkey Breeding?
Does anyone know if or how turkeys can breed in late summer or fall? I got my first turkeys last July and the hen started laying right away and I wound up with a Labor Day weekend hatch. This year the clutches hatched in June. However, I just lost about 90% (about 10 birds) of my poults to... -
Selling Turkey Feathers
Do any of you sell turkey feathers? I started collecting decent looking ones and sold a box of a couple hundred for $10 a couple months ago. I was just reading up on incubating eggs on this Porter fella's website and noticed he is selling feathers for like $10 a piece for the big ones... -
Coop door height off ground
I'm about to cut a door in my turkey coop so they can start free ranging again if the temperature ever gets above freezing again. I'm considering cutting the door about 2 feet off the ground to keep coyotes out of the coop if I forget to close the door at night. It seems like most people have... -
Turkey Hunting Season
Turkey hunting is a pretty big thing in my area and my turkeys are colored pretty similar to the wild turkeys. Do they make blaze orange turkey collars or something that I can put on my birds so hunters know my birds are domestic when they wander around the woods? Dunno if ankle zip ties would...