Hen to Tom Ratio?

[thaiturkey]

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Thank you , I have it now. The advice seems to be drawn heavily from Marsden and Martin as well as other sources and assumes large flocks. I shall be reading, learning and adapting.

 

[Steve_of_sandspoultry]

Thai,
Alot of the "new" information you see now days is almost word for word what Stanley Marsden wrote in the 30's.

Steve

 

[OmaBird]

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Thank you , I have it now. The advice seems to be drawn heavily from Marsden and Martin as well as other sources and assumes large flocks. I shall be reading, learning and adapting.

I have no problem with the large flock part but I do have to adapt to the other manual on raising turkeys on pasture. I don't have pasture. As you can see in this video, Frank Reese Jr. raises the birds in tall pasture.

I get about 2 weeks of tiny weeds they don't eat. My food needs to be different than someone that is feeding pasture.

 

[thaiturkey]

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That's what I was thinking!

 

[thaiturkey]

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Thank you , I have it now. The advice seems to be drawn heavily from Marsden and Martin as well as other sources and assumes large flocks. I shall be reading, learning and adapting.

I have no problem with the large flock part but I do have to adapt to the other manual on raising turkeys on pasture. I don't have pasture. As you can see in this video, Frank Reese Jr. raises the birds in tall pasture.

I get about 2 weeks of tiny weeds they don't eat. My food needs to be different than someone that is feeding pasture.

We effectively have pasture - or at least fast growing grasses and lawn. Much of that advice is good for me.

 

[Steve_of_sandspoultry]

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That's what I was thinking!

 

[OmaBird]

There is more in the video I posted about that too. img/smilies/ep.gif" alt="ep" />">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvIZaZ5bPJY&feature=related

 

[thaiturkey]

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Thanks.

I'll enjoy studying all of that in detail soon. At the moment I have flood relief to work on as detailed in another thread!

 

[MovieFanz]

The book Turkey Management by Stanley J. Marsden and J. Holmes Martin, Interstate Publishing (1939).

For more detailed information on the principles and practices of breeding turkeys (and
everything else involved with turkey management), the Marsden and Martin book cited above is
highly recommended reading. The book is out of print, but a used copy can be purchased through
various online resources. The book can also be viewed in its entirety in electronic form through
the Cornell University’s Core Historical Literature of Agriculture digital collection at
http://chla.library.cornell.edu/c/chla/ . The book itself is over 700 pages long but it is a
worthwhile read for turkey producers. It was written at a time when heritage turkeys were the
mainstream for production and the principles are much the same now as they were then.

When I searched the book, this is the link that I got. http://chla.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=chla;idno=3317008

It looks like very good information. Thanks!

 

[NYRIR]

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