how young do turkeys feather out to be outside

[KellyandKatie]

I am looking for a pair of young birds, but I want them old enough to be outside, what age do the feather out so they can be outside (with a coop of course, but not heated)

 

[Steve_of_sandspoultry]

The earliest we will put them out is 8 to 10 weeks and that is in the middle of summer and in a roofed over pen. In cold weather they are much older. When they poults are young they need to be warm and dry. A cold wet poult = a dead poult in short order.

Steve in NC

 

[KellyandKatie]

Thank you, that is helpful, the youngest I am finding are between 3 and 6 months, so that should work this time of the year I am thinking