A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[memphis]

I thought I remembered Cuddles being a spring hatch. He looks good for being just a baby! Do you have any hens in with him? SS are still my favorite breed.

The Yoyo's are beautiful. Those tails are amazing.

 

[duluthralphie]

I thought I remembered Cuddles being a spring hatch. He looks good for being just a baby! Do you have any hens in with him? SS are still my favorite breed.

The Yoyo's are beautiful. Those tails are amazing.

I actually have a better younger rooster with the girls. The one I am using has a lower tail angle and has better feathering. The feather on a show SS is complicated. You do not want much/any red on the stem, The color should be maroon followed by a thin band of black and a white tip.

Cuddles is good but not perfect he has a slight red on the stem and the black band is a tad wide, his tail set is a little high. He is still a good rooster just not as good as the young one I am using. Cuddles has a great head, comb and waddles, if I can keep them over the winter.

 

[duluthralphie]

What is a good affordable brooder I can pick up? Our Black is trying to mate with our Rio Grande Wild Hen so we figure we'll be needing a brooder eventually. We're kind of excited.

Also does anyone know if we can become a heritage breeder

Buy a heat lamp and you have a good affordable brooder.

Anyone can breed turkeys, it is getting known and having good turkeys that is hard to do. I doubt a cross between a Rio Grande and a Black will have much market.

 

[Turkey parents]

Ralphie I'd be surprised too but you never know

 

[Turkey parents]

The two love birds enjoying the last bit of sun and semi warm weather for a while

 

[duluthralphie]

Ralphie I'd be surprised too but you never know

This is true look at the money Greenfire Farms and Porters have made on birds most people thought no one would pay that much for.

 

[Turkey parents]

According to the ALC Black, Eastern Wilds, and Miriams are the ancestors to the Narragansett and something else I can't remember right off the top of my head

 

[MinnesotaNice]

this may sound mean but the way the leg looks it will probably come off on its own.

my profile pic was a calico tom I had for awhile.

That doesn't sound mean at all. If it were me, I'd probably let it do the same. Nature has a way of taking care of that stuff.

 

[MinnesotaNice]

Do poults require a higher protein feed or can they be fed non-medicated chick starter? I'm assuming they pretty much brood the same as chickens and everything else?

 

[stephcraig78]

Found a spray at feed store called "Fly Rid". Lady says it will kill the lice and mites. Anyone familiar with this stuff and know it's for sure safe to spray directly on birds? Says it's 0.5% permethrin