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coyotes are natural turkey killers. Good thing that the only turkey preds I have here are red foxes and GH owls.

Thats good news. I live in a sparse forested area, do you think my turkeys will get lost if they wander too far?

mine are about 8 weeks old and they have been free ranging ever since 5 weeks. Ive raised many gamebird species before, so I thought that I could have a go with raising turkeys.

I gotta hand catch each one of mine to get them to go into the coop. Horned owls and raccoons seem to be big-time predators... I have seen images of owls take on adult turkeys. Perhaps it is better to not let them sleep outside until they begin breeding steadily. Do your hens wander off to lay...

Mine take quick, 5-10 minute foraging trips around the yard and then they return to their pen to eat food. I do not want to risk leaving them outside past 6pm otherwise I fear that they will start roosting somewhere too high for me to get them down from. tbh, I am ok with them roosting in...

I wanted to pen up my 6 week old bronze heritage turkeys until their adults before letting them free range but they had other plans... They stayed in the pen for a few weeks and then they began flying out of the pen and wandering my garden. I gave up trying to contain them and I just leave the...