I NEED SOME PICTURE AND IDEAS ON YOUR TURKEY SHELTER!

[kare21162]

RIGHT NOW I HAVE 9 EASTERN TURKEY EGGS IN THE INCUBATOR, THEY HAVE ALMOST 7 DAYS LEFT UNTIL THEY HATCH. I ALREADY HAVE THE YARD ALL FENCED IN FOR THEM, I JUST NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE FOR SHELTER! I HEARD THAT TURKEYS DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SENSE TO GET OUT OF THE RAIN. EVEN IF THAT'S TRUE I STILL NEED A PLACE FOR THEM TO GET UNDER OUT OF THE WEATHER, EVEN IF THEY WON'T! I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF TURKEYS NEED NESTS OR IF THEY JUST LAY THEIR EGGS WHEREVER. ANY HELP ON THIS WOULD BE GREAT!

 

[LinckHillPoultry]

Okay... I don't have a shelter specific for them. My turks right now are camped out in my horse barn. The roost on the stall walls. Before They were in there I had the 2 hens in a kind of lean to plywood shelter... and when I first got my royal palm pair I had them in my dog kennel with a dog igloo for a shelter.

Turkeys like to roost, so anything with a roosting bar would be suitable for them.

Good luck with them.

 

[joeman2041]

Me too!

I just purchased four poults at the feed store and have them in a fenced yard in a Chick n' Barn. They don't seem to go inside or roost. They are only about eight weeks old so maybe they are a little young.

4 Australorps, 4 Partridge Rocks, 3 Barred Rocks, two Orpthingtons, two New Hampsires, one Silver Penciled Wyandotte, two BBB, two BBW, four roos, Australorp, BR, NH, and SPW. Chicks; 120 white and red broilers and 200 assorted.