A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[R2elk]

I’d love to protect our place with a woven wire perimeter but it’d be a lot of fencing and would be damaged badly any time one of the USFS’s beetle trees fell on it. I’d be more likely to do a hot wire along the top only... same problem, plus it wouldn’t do much for shorties like coyotes. (Though after the third one this year bit the dust we haven’t seen more for quite some time.)

The perimeter fence is something that can be done over time. It doesn't have to be done all at once. I have only enclosed 2 acres within my poultry perimeter fence. The rest of the property is just barbed wire.

 

[CindyinSD]

Of course I don't let the young ones spend the night on the roost until they are big enough to not be an owl attractant.

How big is that, R2?

 

[R2elk]

How big is that, R2?

In my case it is when they are about 3/4 adult size. Less than half of adult size is not safe here. It may or may not work for others as I have read reports of owls taking full grown hens.

 

[memphis]

Go native. LOL! Boy Daisy will get a kick out of that. It's the furthest thing from her mind!

 

[rjohns39]

LOL... Figures. What did you use for fencing materials? I have mine in poultry netting for protection. They can easily fly out but I give them very large paddocks and they seldom bother... If they do, they pace back and forth meeping to be let back in. Hey... I could set up the e-netting inside the greenhouse. I’ll bet that would work. Worth a try...

I used a combination of wood, t-posts, chicken wire and poultry netting. They defeated it all. My first mistake was putting two toms on opposite sides of the one fence. They tore the fence down, I replaced it with plywood and they tore that down. My electronet has never concerned the turkeys. I have to admit, having the boys in one pen didn't seem to be a problem. R2 is way more experienced than I... trust his advice.

 

[FredsGobblers]

@memphis here is my broody tom. He was sitting on 2 eggs laid today.

 

[Eric Exley]

i just got back from checking on my brooder of poults, and chicks, and I hear unusual sounds from my incubator, come to find out the guinea eggs are hatching, i'm so excited to find out what colors I will end up with!

 

[Skipper7410]

Man Its hard to keep up with the posts here Haha! I see all these pretty pictures of Hens and I'm over here praying two of my 7 RPs arent slow developing Tom's but are in fact small bearded hens...I dont have much hope though..if Tom's well....any one want to trade a hen for some Tom's? Haha jk. Good news though...that means I have some turkey dinners coming up sooner than I thought

 

[aliciaplus3]

Just checked the bator... only 2 Turkey eggs due this weekend and both have external pips!

 

[memphis]

Fred....love it!! Does he wander around looking for eggs to sit on?

Alice, Eric....good luck with the hatches! Pictures!! Don't forget the pics! Eric, R2elk is pretty darn handy identifying guineas colors!

Hi Skipper....how old are your RP's?