At What Age Do Bourbon Red Turkeys Get To 33lbs? (New To Raising Turkeys)

[MysteryChicken]

Eighty dollars for 6 eggs that probably won't hatch because of harsh shipping conditions is a rip off. Stromberg's charges $80 but it is for 15 eggs and in my opinion that is too much.

I personally prefer white turkeys for meat as they present a much cleaner and more pleasing carcass after processing.

Valley of the Moon Turkeys sells sexed day old BBW poults for $3.75 each with a minimum order of 20 poults plus shipping. Depending on your location, shipping may be as low as $20 (eastern U.S.) or as high as $72 (western U.S.). I really like the idea of being able to order sexed poults so that I could only raise toms for food.

They sell hatching eggs too but their minimum for hatching eggs is 200.

If I was going to buy BBWs, I would either try to get someone to go in with me on the order or I would just order the minimum and put the surplus up for sale as soon as they arrived. I have done this in the past with heritage turkeys and had no problem selling the extras.

The best option is to check with your local feed stores to see what they will have available or if they will order a small quantity for you. You will pay a higher per poult cost but will be able to normally get as few as you want.

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Eighty dollars for 6 eggs that probably won't hatch because of harsh shipping conditions is a rip off. Stromberg's charges $80 but it is for 15 eggs and in my opinion that is too much.

I personally prefer white turkeys for meat as they present a much cleaner and more pleasing carcass after processing.

Valley of the Moon Turkeys sells sexed day old BBW poults for $3.75 each with a minimum order of 20 poults plus shipping. Depending on your location, shipping may be as low as $20 (eastern U.S.) or as high as $72 (western U.S.). I really like the idea of being able to order sexed poults so that I could only raise toms for food.

They sell hatching eggs too but their minimum for hatching eggs is 200.

If I was going to buy BBWs, I would either try to get someone to go in with me on the order or I would just order the minimum and put the surplus up for sale as soon as they arrived. I have done this in the past with heritage turkeys and had no problem selling the extras.

The best option is to check with your local feed stores to see what they will have available or if they will order a small quantity for you. You will pay a higher per poult cost but will be able to normally get as few as you want.

I meant 15, I did fix my mistake.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Cackle hatchery sells broad breasted poults for 6-7 dollars each. I would get poults too. Eggs are a big gamble with no guarantee.

I think hatching is cool. I don't mind challenges.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Our TSC store only does Chicks, and Ducklings. Never turkeys. Been like that the last few years.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I think hatching is cool. I don't mind challenges.

You had mentioned you were concerned about money. Sometimes nothing hatches from shipped eggs, and you can't get any money back. If you get dead poults most hatcheries will refund your money or replace the lost ones. So financially you are better off ordering poults.

 

[MysteryChicken]

You had mentioned you were concerned about money. Sometimes nothing hatches from shipped eggs, and you can't get any money back. If you get dead poults most hatcheries will refund your money or replace the lost ones. So financially you are better off ordering poults.

I'll be receiving them from somebody from a turkey farm. I know some places don't offer refunds. The seller is selling 12+ Turkey hatching eggs. They were $49.95, coming from Idaho.

 

[R2elk]

I'll be receiving them from somebody from a turkey farm. I know some places don't offer refunds. The seller is selling 12+ Turkey hatching eggs. They were $49.95, coming from Idaho.

When dealing with individuals rather than established hatcheries, make sure they are legally shipping the eggs with the required paperwork to satisfy your state's regulations. Many individuals illegally ship hatching eggs across state lines.

 

[MysteryChicken]

When dealing with individuals rather than established hatcheries, make sure they are legally shipping the eggs with the required paperwork to satisfy your state's regulations. Many individuals illegally ship hatching eggs across state lines.

The seller is shipping through USPS priority mail, like the others' have when I received my chicken hatching eggs last month.

 

[R2elk]

The seller is shipping through USPS priority mail, like the others' have when I received my chicken hatching eggs last month.

How they ship them has nothing to do with whether they are doing it legally or not. The USPS does not typically check to see whether or not it is a legal shipment. Each state has their own import rules and the post office unless specifically requested by the import state does not try to keep up on all the rules.

You can call your state veterinarian who should know the import regulations for your state. You really don't want to get into the kind of mess they are having in California that was caused because someone illegally imported a chicken without the proper paperwork or testing.

Established hatcheries are part of an agreement between the different state where they are only required to put their NPIP number on the package. Others are typically required to include a copy of their NPIP license and/or a Veterinary Certificate of Health of the flock with the hatching egg shipment. Some states require additional testing above and beyond what NPIP requires.

 

[MysteryChicken]

How they ship them has nothing to do with whether they are doing it legally or not. The USPS does not typically check to see whether or not it is a legal shipment. Each state has their own import rules and the post office unless specifically requested by the import state does not try to keep up on all the rules.

You can call your state veterinarian who should know the import regulations for your state. You really don't want to get into the kind of mess they are having in California that was caused because someone illegally imported a chicken without the proper paperwork or testing.

Established hatcheries are part of an agreement between the different state where they are only required to put their NPIP number on the package. Others are typically required to include a copy of their NPIP license and/or a Veterinary Certificate of Health of the flock with the hatching egg shipment. Some states require additional testing above and beyond what NPIP requires.

Alot of the eggs I got were from AI, clean NPIP certified sellers. The boxes were even labeled fragile, hatching eggs, handle with care. ect.

 

[MysteryChicken]

My state exempts NPIP paperwork, therefore is allowed into the state.