turkeys

  1. JennieLamb

    Bourbon Red Heritage Hatching Eggs

    Hi everyone, So after our BBB Turks sudden escape/disappearance around the 7 week mark, we decided to get Bourbon Red Heritage Turks. So they came in around early July, and started laying Monday March 11th. So, first, it doesn't matter how clean the boxes are, it's been muddy and they're MESSY...
  2. S

    Coyote killed my Sweetgrass Tom

    I found the remains of my only sweetgrass Tom this morning. After all the work I put in to raise him and the sweetgrass females I planned to breed him to, it feels like a real kick in the teeth. Ever since the huge cold spell started the coyotes have been relentless in trying to get past the...
  3. B

    8 White breasted 8 week old Poults

    Hello! My Turkeys are 8 weeks old. They kept jumping out of their brooder, so we decided to move them outside. They have a basic chicken coop (I know we will need to get bigger but for not that is all I have), several heat lamps and a mixture of straw and pine shavings. Their food and water are...
  4. Huntergatherr

    World record Broad Breasted White Age

    My BIL has a 3.5 year old Broad Breasted White male Tom turkey named Leslie, that literally gets the BEST care. How can we enter him into the world record for his age? I can't find many records for oldest BBW turkeys!
  5. wonderlandfly

    Can one tame an adult wild turkey? (Female)

    I have two domesticated pet turkeys and today I found a wild injured turkey (they at have a bad limp) and put them in a dog carrier in my general turkey run. More on the wild turkey: It looks like her flock abandoned her and she is very skinny. I have doubts that a predator won’t just eat her if...
  6. wonderlandfly

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  7. E

    Turkeys possibly attacked, no visible injuries, droopy and lethargic with closed eyes

    Hello all, We are first time turkey owners and have 8 heritage breed turkeys that are about 4 months old. We also have chickens, in case it matters. We keep them in electric netting that is regularly rotated on pasture. They have a tractor for food/water with roosts inside, plus a large...
  8. A

    Hi, just joined!

    Hey, I just joined. I've been idly browsing this site for a bit now, and I kinda just decided to join. I've just recently gotten into poultry, as my parents decided to just make their own eggs. I've got seven chickens and two turkeys, the turkeys personally being my personal favorites. Recently...
  9. Owen_Blandford

    Hen to Tom Ratio

    I got 6 turkey chicks from tractor supply and we think that there are 3 toms and 3 hens. is that a good ratio? They will be free-range turkeys.
  10. kfelton0002

    Blackhead Prevention

    Hello Everyone, I am not new to turkeys, but I am starting with a new set of poults. To begin, I will supply a little history. We attempted to raise a turkey on our property with chickens a couple of years ago, but the jenny got blackhead and passed away before I could begin treatment. I am...
  11. HeritageFan

    Best breeding set up for heritage turkeys?

    I have had ducks for about 6 years, and am almost to the 1 year mark w my turkeys. No other birds or fowls before we got our first ducks. So. I consider myself a relative newbie.... although I have learned a ton! I have recently separated breeding pairs of turkeys (they decided spring had...
  12. BlessedChaosHomestead

    Best Heritage Breed for Meat?

    So we are wanting to get at least 2 turkeys for holiday dinners this year, but would love to know what Heritage breed(s) is the best/favorable for that? Which one is also more favorable for raising poults? We had 2 Narragansett last year, but we sold them due to stress issues they were causing...
  13. T

    I built a turkey coop for my turkeys and they won't come in and out

    I need some ideas form someone, so I got 2 toms and 2 goats well I had to make the hole on the turkey coop small enough that the goats don't get it and big enough for the turkey well with trial and error I got that part down but I have been putting my turkeys in there my self so they would get...
  14. K

    Rotational Graze Turkeys - frequency?

    We have our turkeys in a tractor and move it to fresh ground every morning. Does anyone know how long we should wait until putting them back in a spot they've already been in order to avoid disease transmission? Are we talking days or weeks? I've been able to find that kind of information for...
  15. Cloverr39

    Two 3 month old turkeys. Gender?

    I posted this in the "what breed or gender is this?" But someone suggested I also post here. I think it's a little early, but my grandmother asked me to help out with telling the gender of her 2 young turkeys. They hatched around the end of July. They are at least 3 months old. They're super...
  16. Cloverr39

    Two 3 month old turkeys. Gender?

    I think it's a little early, but my grandmother asked me to help out with telling the gender of her 2 young turkeys. They hatched around the end of July. They are at least 3 months old. They're super scared of people, so this is as close as I could get to them. I'm pretty sure if I tried to...
  17. A

    Just processed turkeys and discovered some of them had “unhealthy looking” livers, ok to eat?

    We just processed our 4 month old flock or 14 turkeys and the folks processed them for us said that 3 of them had “bad livers” - sort of a greyish color. They all seemed very healthy - ranged in weight from 13-20lbs (the Toms got very big) and all were eating and drinking well and didn’t exhibit...
  18. I

    Turkeys w/respiratory infection not responding to antibiotics. Help!

    Hello, I need help, please! I have a small flock of chickens and two Bronze turkeys that are 6 months old. I thought they had CRD and got advice from a guy who runs a feed store. He recommended .5 cc Bio Mycin injected over daily for 3 days. We did this and they got worse. After 6 days he...
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