Thank you for your replies. I like the idea of pasture raising and tried it with my first batch of CX, but the CRD killed off most of them. My turkeys are still on pasture, so I tried shed raising with a fenced run for the current bunch. 75 birds in a 10 x 10 tractor sounds crowded, no? My...
So....at the risk of asking an extremely dumb question...the birds don't eat at night? Is it 12 hrs of feed AND light? I usually let the birds out of the pen at daylight (~8am) and they will put themselves back in at dark. I will close the coop door on them when I get home. If cold, then I...
Mine are on the light side. I butchered two at 7 weeks at 3 lbs. dressed. I feed 21% mill ground feed free-choice and the birds are allowed to free range within a large confinement, 12' x 20', during the day (20 birds total). The coop is insulated but unheated at night. They also get excess...