A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[HeritageFan]

I wasn't planning on adding any more turkeys this year, but a predator wiped out my turkey hens last week. Didn't mention it because it's too upsetting and I was hoping at least one of them escaped and might come back. But I think they are all gone.
I have 3 toms left. will probably process 2 and start over. I don't really have any plans right now, other than to build covered pens. Just mindlessly shopping around because the yard feels empty.

I am so very sorry for your loss

I built my duck coop like a fortress, but was a little lazy about the run (was trying to throw it together ahead of an unexpected funeral....)
We lost one adult duck to a raccoon during the day (darn Khaki Campbell hen managed to escape- and vanished....)
They tried to come back for more meals at dusk.
We then purposely lost several raccoons over the next few evenings....

My turkey pens were put together with much more thought, insight, and information from the knowledgeable people around here.
Even though my first set up was insufficient, it was safe and easy to add on to.

Have you checked Craigslist or posted an ISO ad by chance?
Maybe you can find someone who has birds that would be of interest and old enough to sex?

....although...again...5$ a poult would also be very tempting to me if they were varieties I was interested in!

 

[Bantambird]

I can't get over just how handsome this guy is! He did pretty well at the fair, but the judge was a meat bird guy so the scraggly bbb beat him. *sad face*

 

[SarahGfa]

I am so very sorry for your loss

I built my duck coop like a fortress, but was a little lazy about the run (was trying to throw it together ahead of an unexpected funeral....)
We lost one adult duck to a raccoon during the day (darn Khaki Campbell hen managed to escape- and vanished....)
They tried to come back for more meals at dusk.
We then purposely lost several raccoons over the next few evenings....

My turkey pens were put together with much more thought, insight, and information from the knowledgeable people around here.
Even though my first set up was insufficient, it was safe and easy to add on to.

Have you checked Craigslist or posted an ISO ad by chance?
Maybe you can find someone who has birds that would be of interest and old enough to sex?

....although...again...5$ a poult would also be very tempting to me if they were varieties I was interested in!

Thank you...
unfortunately, there's not that many people who raise turkeys around here. now that I am thinking about it, it would be hard to sell extra poults if I ordered 15 from Porter's. I sold 6 of the poults that my hen brought back, but it took more than a month. People only wanted to buy 1 or 2 at a time.

Maybe I will just use this time to build better housing and rethink how to do this.

 

[Bantambird]

 

[KF0002]

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He is stunning!! You have gorgeous birds!

 

[KF0002]

We turned most of my turkeys out in the goat lot yesterday and they were very pleased. They have putted and purred in pure bliss non-stop. I kept a few of my favorites in a large coop/run as I will try to raise babies from them in the spring.

 

[KF0002]

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I can't get over just how handsome this guy is! He did pretty well at the fair, but the judge was a meat bird guy so the scraggly bbb beat him. *sad face*

He looks like a tank! Massive and gorgeous!

Is he a Cornish palm?

 

[Bantambird]

He looks like a tank! Massive and gorgeous!

Is he a Cornish palm?

He's a tiger bronze, supposedly.

 

[R2elk]

He's a tiger bronze, supposedly.

He definitely has the black winged bronze gene.

 

[Pollo Blanco]

All of the turkeys I had before this year were hatched and raised by chickens. my chickens are good at turkeys! I'm just wondering if chickens will be able to adopt turkeys that arrive in a shipping box instead of an egg, you know?

Cool if they did!
Can you imagine what the chicken is starting to think after eight weeks?