So approximately $20 each. Can you raise the turkeys with the chickens but provide them with their own roosts? Or should they have their own coop/run? [/quote I seen some people having success with a mixed flock, but due to a blackhead risk, feed requirements, the size difference and possible bullying issues I plan on keeping each species apart. Our ducks have their own space and it is easy to tailor fit each birds needs.
Most of his tips have gone back to the red-reddish colour, but there is definitely one that the very top is still black and just underneath it is starting to go see-thru - that's the one that I'm pretty sure is going to fall off. It was just a little shocking how fast it set in (or how unobservant I am now). I'm glad I knew enough from being on here last winter to know how to handle it and try to correct it.
We use a bus for a coop. The ramp is rather long and somewhat steep. The opening is large enough I believe for the turkeys to come and go but can they get up the ramp. Will they roost in the coop - from your experience? I have read that turkeys like to roost outside in good weather. Should I build a covered roost bar that also protects from the prevailing wind. We don't have any trees to speak of. We are on the prairie. What about feeding turkeys with the chickens? Any wisdom you can pass on would be great as we make the decision to get turkeys.
@coop410silkies My first winter with chickens last year, my Sebright rooster lost a couple tips on his comb. Unfortunately for him, I hadn't figured out the whole humidity thing. I hadn't planned on keeping Memnoch if he started really fighting with Odysseus, but he was my first hatched chicken & I quickly realised I was going to keep him. So, Memnoch was the victim of my stupidity on humidity again since at night he's in makeshift coop inside the main coop. When I saw his comb, I realised what I had done wrong with his sleeping coop & felt kinda dumb for not thinking of that sooner. Kind of a repeating theme with my brain injury.
I hope I can keep him from losing too many tips because he & I have matching swoops & swirls when I put my hair up.
Thank you for the good luck! I'm trying to finish my degree in art history so I can stop driving myself bonkers by being an accountant for a state government agency. I was worried I would finish this 1st semester due to my brain injury, but I did it. It was rough but I made it from start to finish. Might become a historian yet.
There needs to be people who will take care of things that can't take care of themselves, whether it's people or animals. I guess I'm of the mind that if I can help, I should help. However, I'm pretty sure that's what ended me up with 11 chickens & 3 peafowl in 8 months! LOL
Thanks! I'm getting colder, too. Hope everyone keeps safe.
