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We just had a processing day and went from 75 birds to 55. We have 7 Turkeys, Royal Palms(T,2H) and Bourbon Reds(T,3H) for breeding, and a mixed flock of 53 hens and two roosters for egg production. I'll edit in the photos later today after feeding, as I don't have any current photos of our...

We have been using DLM along with a modified form of KNF (Korean Natural Farming) Method and the difference is amazing. Instead of Pine shavings, we use the Mulch that is available to us from the landfill. We outgrew the original 8x8 coop shown in my avatar, we are now housing the hens in a 20 x...

Volley Ball at 3 am. Not sure who would be more at fault for a disturbance- the turkey or them! LOL. Sounds like you are in a hoot of a new neighborhood! I expect that they won't be complaining if you don't. Good luck with the neighbors. :cool:

Joann and I have been raising turkeys for three years now and our hens lay roughly 5-6 days out of 7 starting in March. Well, that is, the Bourbon Reds do. Our three Royal Palms are lagging behind with Zero eggs so far this season, but we are hoping they'll be starting soon. Our hens don't...

I concur with HarmonyFox , We have two Toms, each with a flocklette (maybe harem is better) of three hens for our breeding stock. Their gobbling doesn't seem to be tied to who or what is around, hen or not. They gobble day or night at the drop of a hat, any unusual sound, errant horn honk, door...

Yes, we wash and refrigerate our eggs. We do this because we sell a few dozen per week to a local farm to plate restaurant and it is current law if you sell eggs commercially. Besides, here on the Big Island it rains A LOT and we don't trust that the soiling of the eggs is just mud or manure, so...

Love the reference to the Hemisphere issue, I am in the northern hemi so dates referenced are good for me- however this is a world wide forum and its nice to remember those that have different conditions-Bravo to you R2Elk for that. I currently have a mixed flock of chickens and turkeys, with...

Netting was the way to go for us. We are in Hawaii on the big Island and have only two winged predators, Barn owls and the native Io. Neither have been a problem for us since we put in aviary netting to cover the 20' x 20' run. It has 2"x 2" and made from squares polyethylene that so far has...

We are getting 20-24 a day, and that adds up. We do sell a few dozen per week to a local Farm to Table restaurant here, but they only need 4-5 dozen every two weeks so that leaves a lot (about 23 dozen or so) . Even though we bake and eat a lot of eggs, the left over dozens are donated to one of...

Parthenogenesis aside, Anyone know how long a bred turkey lays fertilized eggs once separated from a Tom? We have been letting all our turkeys free range together on the property but due to an incident, we need to pen them up. Since we are also starting to sell the chicks we want to separate...

I know this is an old thread, but it is important to know that trying to get any animals on to the island puts you into a boat load of red tape. Cats and Dogs go through a quarantine process that takes 180 days where they will be isolated at the AG facility, but can be taken care of before you...

Great article, thanks for sharing. Ours do awesome with Wheat, Barley and BOSS, once germinated the BOSS catches up quickly. Not able to get any other seed on this island unless we order a pallet at a time.

Well Worn, Sorry so long for the reply, in the middle of lots of projects. Short answer is Yes, long answer is also yes: In Hawaii the humidity is 85-100% most of the time, and in my water down system coupled with my newbie mistake of putting in new trays into the just the fed trays spots(not...

Here or wheat is 18-20 for 50#

There are enzymes that in the seed when rooting, but disappear when growing greens. Our chickens love the just the sprouted grain seeds but the turkeys will eat the whole sprout - seed, roots and plant. So I sprouted out to fodder and let them choose. It's cheaper to feed the porky turkeys this way.

I am in Hawaii (grow zone 10) so it's warm here year round. >85 and I had to stop my sprouting station because of the mold growth. I wash and rinse my trays with bleach (10% solution) and set for 2-3 days before reloading them, but still the overhead watering brings on the mold. I am also...

Well, it has been a few weeks using the Sprouting station and the hens love the fresh greens, grains and having to pick their way though the root mats. I am still not getting close to 70% germination so I'll be looking into that soon. I know I am having bird issues during the day; doves raiding...

Congrats on the win!