Feeding chart?

[flockman]

I have had chickens for several years. I then expanded the flock to ducks and geese. I had to limit their feed to prevent them from becoming too heavy and to increase their egg production. Is there anything like this I would need to do for heritage breed turkeys? Metzer's Farm Blog has a chart by type of geese and ducks and the weight of feed or by the amount of time to allow the feed. I have to limit the amount of food my pekins eat or they get too fat and then don't lay as many eggs.
Thanks!

 

[Arielle]

Hi FLockmann, I feed my adult turkeys free choice. I have not had laying problems. Perhaps theire is a difference in body size vs egg size that is a factor.

I suspect if you want to feed up the BBW or BBB the use of a chart would be helpful ( an one of the big hatcheries has it listed with these two types) as it helps to estimate the amt of feed needed for the project start to finish.