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  1. chicken pickin

    bourbon red turkeys

    Oh wow sorry for the loss of your chickens. I would definitely remove the turkeys ASAP and put them in a separate pen for now. Turkeys and chickens do best when raised together or have a time period of slowly adjusting to each other. I have only ever raised my turkeys from poults and they...
  2. chicken pickin

    bourbon red turkeys

    Have you looked on craigslist yet? You could also try on one of the Ohio state threads and ask there, you might get lucky. Otherwise a lot of us here on BYC sell hatching eggs come Spring if you have an incubator and like to hatch.
  3. chicken pickin

    bourbon red turkeys

    From what I have learned somewhere between 16-22% protein is fine for adult turkeys, Im sure it has a lot to do with personally preference and also whether or not certain people are using the same feed for multiple species. I just simply feed my adult turkeys the same as I do my chickens and...
  4. chicken pickin

    bourbon red turkeys

    20% layer feed is plenty for 3 year old adults. I feed my adults 16% layer pellets.
  5. chicken pickin

    bourbon red turkeys

    How old are your turkeys? If they aren't poults they wont need the 28% and you can feed them a lower protein which would be easier to find. What have you been feeding them so far?
  6. chicken pickin

    bourbon red turkeys

    How old is your pair? New-young poults need 28%. The older they get the less protein they need. As teenagers I feed them 22% and then I typically feed my adult turkeys 16%layer pellets, the same as I feed my chickens. In the winter I sometimes add 22% to their diet since they cant forage.
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