bourbon red turkeys

[chicken pickin]

How old are your turkeys? If they aren't poults they wont need the 28% and you can feed them a lower protein which would be easier to find. What have you been feeding them so far?

 

[rjfarm]

Does anybody know where I can buy a couple of bourbon reds breeding hens close to me I live in southern Ohio

 

[rjfarm]

I been feeding 20% laying feed

 

[rjfarm]

There 3 years old I just bought them

 

[chicken pickin]

20% layer feed is plenty for 3 year old adults. I feed my adults 16% layer pellets.

 

[rjfarm]

Is that to much protein for them

 

[chicken pickin]

From what I have learned somewhere between 16-22% protein is fine for adult turkeys, Im sure it has a lot to do with personally preference and also whether or not certain people are using the same feed for multiple species. I just simply feed my adult turkeys the same as I do my chickens and ducks, they all get a 16% layer pellet feed. In my area they also sell an 18%protein feed for breeder turkeys but I have never used it. I have never heard of a 20% layer feed (I have only heard of a 20%chick starter) But if that is what your area sells Im sure that feed is just fine.

 

[chicken pickin]

Does anybody know where I can buy a couple of bourbon reds breeding hens close to me I live in southern Ohio

Have you looked on craigslist yet? You could also try on one of the Ohio state threads and ask there, you might get lucky. Otherwise a lot of us here on BYC sell hatching eggs come Spring if you have an incubator and like to hatch.

 

[rjfarm]

I love to hatch I just hatch off 22 buffs on Jan.24 and there doing good

 

[rjfarm]

Where do I find the Ohio state thread at