Crossbreeding?

[Celie]

I just got a Bourbon Rd hen 8 months old for $15.00 and a Royal Palm Tom will this make an ok small meat bird? I was going to go with a straight Bourbon reds but the Royal Palm tom was free.

An 8 month Bourbon Red hen turkey for only $15??? Boy what a steal!!! Day old poults sell for that some places. Congrats!

 

[Amarisus]

BB turkeys, IMO, are very clumsy, probably because of their fast growth. If you order from a Hatchery, you will have to order 15 min. I free range mine along with my chickens, ducks and geese, with no problems, all 26 of them. I have 13 toms and 13 hens, and after they established their pecking order, there are no more squabbles. Nothing serious during, either, they would just grab each other's snoods until one would back down. No blood or any damage to any of them. I do not need that many toms but some of them need a little more time to fill out, before freezer camp. I am hatching out quite a few right now, with exceptional hatch rate, but I do not ship live poultry. However, if you would like to buy fertile Holland White Hatching eggs, PM me!

I would love to buy some hatching eggs, but I just filled my incubator up a few days ago so I won't have room for a few weeks. If you'll still have some by then I will contact you

How much different are the incubation settings for a turkey than a chicken? I know they take longer to hatch but how much longer?

 

[Celie]

I'm gonna have to read up on the hollands then they look nice. I had a bb bronze a year ago, we processed him at about 6 months and he dressed out at 35lbs he was huge! That was part of the problem though he didn't know how big he was and kept stepping on my chickens

no health problems though but he was young. So something a little smaller will be nice lol My plan is to free range them with the chickens during the day and lock them up in a seperate pen at night. Are the hollands hard to come by? I haven't really heard of them until now, am I going to be spending major $$ on some chicks or hatching eggs? I only plan on have like three or four so if I had two toms and two hens with the toms fight? Sorry for all the questions I've only had the one meat turkey before so having some as pets/breeding will be different.

I would love to buy some hatching eggs, but I just filled my incubator up a few days ago so I won't have room for a few weeks. If you'll still have some by then I will contact you

How much different are the incubation settings for a turkey than a chicken? I know they take longer to hatch but how much longer?

I will be selling eggs as long as the turkeys are laying, which is usually in the fall when they molt! LOL I have a GQF1502 and I keep it set at 100 degrees and hatch a mixed flock of chickens, turkeys and ducks. Chickens are out in 21 days, turkeys and ducks take 28 days, just PM me when you are ready.