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Thank you for the research paper. I read through it and the part where it mentions BMD has deleterious impact on the beneficial gut bacteria the same as the bad makes me not want to feed this ever again. The authors also mentioned that it was still needing “further research”. lol no thanks. I...

Has anyone here ever used medicated feed? Good results / bad? I am finishing up my last bag of game bird starter and noticed the tag at bottom of my bag said medicated with Bacitracin Methylene Disalicylate...had to Google that one I ordered non medicated feed so either my feed store...

You’re gonna have some beautiful turkeys with that group for certain. The shipping process can be such an ordeal. Best of luck during the next few weeks with the poults! Keep very a close eye till about 4 weeks is what I was told.

I haven’t used that bedding, it looks like they mashed recycled paper and cardboard into almost an insulation consistency. Interesting, let us know if poults try and chow on it. I first tried pine shavings, then went to shredded paper, and eventually settled on paper towels. I found poults just...

I hadn’t ever considered sand as substrate for turkeys in the brooder. Great way to get them the grit along with the food.

Okay, then all is not lost yet! Thank you, I will be very cautious with these males I agree with you, these forums and the folks that are really good on them is a great asset to have around! I bet you’ll get some really neat stuff in there! I hope you post your poults when they arrive! I had...

You’re definitely right about them being relentless. These turkeys will take the shock from the fence to grab a grasshopper on the other side and barely flinch or make a sound. These maybe too imprinted to keep long term, if so I’ll have to start over next spring… which would be a bummer. The...

Haha not sure if that counts as imprinting. What points did you order? How exciting! I will continue to share this experience as long as it’s useful for someone else. I know very little of the art of keeping turkeys, but so far I love it. I’d be pretty excited about poults again if I had my...

6 week update: poults are big enough to go outside and are being rotated in a brooder / tractor alongside some young geese of similar size. They are surrounded by a few 164’ strands of net and are large enough now that they can’t squeeze through. I did start taking them out of brooder for guided...

I definitely don’t want or need my head mounted by a tom… perhaps it’s not too late to create some healthy space from the poults? I will admit that I am in no way familiar with turkeys and this was sort of on a whim since they were offered to me (if it’s not obvious). I figured I’d give em...

Are your poults raised by the hens? We have to come to the brooder with food/water and move them to the outdoor tractor, then back in to the brooder at night. They had to have imprinted because of that, but yet they still will run from me when it’s time to go in for the night. The person I got...

It’s entirely possible. Even probable. We had this happen with ganders. They’re always the friendliest and eventually those hormones kick in. That’s why we bought a plucker 🤫

I do think perhaps these will end up being back porch turkeys as I’ve mentioned before… we have a problem imprinting on birds here lol

Thank you for your response. I know what you mean by the zoomies. My geese sometimes get like this on breezy days and find themselves aloft going over the fence, then they end up doing the back and forth trying to get back in. Were your turkeys heritage breeds? It seems with some degree of...

Or join a few of the geese and loiter around my back porch.

Yea I figured they probably could. I was wondering if it was something they were capable of respecting if “taught” or introduced at right size/age. I have some geese that can hop / flap right over but I have many that never even try. It’s not terrible if they get over the fence. I have cool...

Does anyone range heritage turkeys using electric netting? I am new to keeping turkeys, I hatched 10 Narragansett poults about a week ago now and will have a few weeks before they go out to pasture. My plan is to grow them out and retain a tom and 3, maybe 4 hens… But my plan may be foiled...