If you want them for food, consider starting with broad breasted turkeys. Do not plan on keeping a pair for breeding.
Broad breasted will be readily available from local feed stores. They will grow rapidly and be ready to process by the time they are 4 to 6 months old. They will also be less expensive for the initial purchase.
Do not think that you can raise your own turkeys to save money on food. Turkeys are sold as "loss leaders" around Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter. You cannot raise your own for as cheap as you can buy already processed turkeys.
You can raise better quality ones but it is expensive. I have never made a profit raising any poultry.
If you want them for eggs and hatching poults, do not keep a pair. I try to keep at least 4 to 5 hens for one tom. One tom can really wear out one hen. With multiple hens, they don't all tend to go broody at the same time making the ones on their hidden nests safer from the tom.
You will also need to be sure to get heritage turkeys. The initial cost will be more than for broad breasted turkeys with many hatcheries charging about $20 plus shipping for day old poults and usually a 15 poult minimum.
You can learn a lot about the many different heritage varieties and raising them at Porter's Rare Heritage Turkeys.
Do not get attached to the poults. They are professionals at tugging on your heart strings. Many people have failed to process their future meals because they became too attached to them.
