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Thank you very much for the response. We leave the end of May so I have some time to do things around here. I WAS (Originally) hoping to hatch some turkeys but reconsidered when the hen just started laying and I realized it probably wouldn't be the best plan this year. However, she is laying now...

Thanks for the info everyone. It was only an extra $20 per year for insurance so I feel better just paying it. I am scared about clipping wings since I haven't even touched the turkeys yet. (We moved in one week ago and the turkeys came with the house. Tom is rather intimidating strutting and...

They have an entire acre fenced with 6-ft fencing. Tom and hen are outside the enclosure every morning. It is a wooded site and they roost up much higher than the fencing. I am considering chopping down their roosting tree which is close to the fencing so that maybe they won't fly out. I have...

When we moved into our new house and spoke with our insurance guy, he suggested carrying some liability in case the turkeys caused an accident. Does anyone else do this? We did. And my husband found the Tom at the side of te road this morning and the hen in the road. He shooed them back in the...

Hi newbie here. I recently moved into a new house and the previous owners left us two bourbon red turkeys. The hen is laying eggs and I found one nest with one egg and one nest with three eggs. We are going on vacation towards the end of May. I wanted to incubate some eggs but with my vacation...

Hi - just joined a few days ago. We are in the process of buying a house. The owner is relocating and has offered to leave their five layers, a pair of mating turkeys (Bourbon Reds) and a hive of bees. We have never raised chicken or turkeys (or bees) so I am trying to educate myself very...

Thank you everyone!

Thanks so much to everyone! We are in Ohio. The Owners have agreed to meet us before closing to give us a lesson on care for the turkeys, chickens and bees. They have a chicken coop - we saw three eggs while we were there, so they are laying. They have an entire acre fenced with 6-ft no climb...

Hi I am in the process of buying a house. The owners are relocating and have offered to leave their bees, chickens and turkeys for us. They have five layers (rhode island reds i think) and a mating pair of bourbon red turkeys on one acre of mostly woods with six foot fencing. Can you recommend a...