Hi Jenna14Chicken, the big one in the middle which looks to be a tom I'm almost certain is a Sweetgrass. The smaller on on the right looks more like Royal Palm but can't say for sure. The babies look to be coming Sweetgrass colors as well. Are all the turkeys fairly similar colors?
Thanks for saying Hi. I like most turkeys. I have Bourbon Red and Red Bronze. My goal is to create a high quality line of Bourbon Reds for meat and breed Ressasive Slates and Sweetgrass to sell as a hobby. I will make purpose built Turkey pens this summer to alow for future expansion.
Thank you FarmerMac, I will let my turkeys Freerange outside the breeding season all together and during the breeding season I will let them out a day per quad alternating days between each breeding group. I also ensure all my turkeys get green grass and weeds every day even if they are not let...
Thank you very much FarmerMac
That plan looks great. I appreciate the pictures, that's a very nice hen. I'm looking at building 3 metre (yard) wide by 3 metre (yard) long coops with 3 metre (yard) wide by 6 metre (yard) long runs for my current breeding quad and future quads like them. Do you...
Thank you for your reply SunHwakwon.
Yeah the run, I plan to have one end closed in. Thank you for the nesting box suggestions. I'll keep them in mind for the build. I was able to repurpose a old wooden box yesterday and the turkeys love it. We don't get much snow in Oz, only on southern end...
Hi everyone
I'm wondering what size coop you would recommend for a breeding trio or quad of turkeys?
The breeding groups would be given grass and weeds daily and allowed range on alternate days.
I am considering building coops that are 7 metres long 3 metres wide 2.5 metres high. (A metre is...
Thanks everyone for you welcome. Hopefully I'll talk to some of you in the turkey section. Book en Danno25 I'll be starting a turkey thred in the next couple of days. I have 1 male Red Bronze, 2 female Red Bronze and 1 female boubon red.