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Okay. I’ll move them out tomorrow into a temporary tractor and leave the turkeys in the breeding pen off the barn and see how they do. I’ll probably wait until dark, it should be a little easier and I won’t upset the new turkey hens who are still super stand-offish. I also won’t have to deal...

Well I can promise I spent months looking for some hens for him last year. This is the first time I've ever raised a single poult without other turkeys. I have always raised turkeys alongside chickens (for the most part) and not had issues in the past. If he's imprinted on the chickens is he...

Well there's been no aggression the last two days, just his normal strutting. Idid catch him trying to breed one of the Orpington hens again yesterday. I really think he doesn't know he's a turkey because he's never been around them. I'm sure both of the turkey hens that came home would be...

I'll look at the gamebird feed that is available the next time that I'm out. They did mention salt, "If sodium levels are less than 0.15%, I generally recommend that the levels can be increased with either salt or sodium bicarbonate." My sodium/salt levels seem to be above that threshold.

Interesting about the food. I've never even thought about that. Currently they are eating Texas Natural Feed Laying pellets: http://texasnaturalfeeds.com/ Does this look like a poor food to be feeding them? Looking at the website it doesn't seem that they offer a feed formulated for...

I've raised turkeys for a long time previously, but haven't had any for about fifteen years. I worked with Royal Palms, Bourbon Reds, Eastern Wild, and Black Spanish before and have never had an issue with a tom behaving aggressively. Last summer I was "gifted" a Blue Slate poult that ended up...