Hey Everyone!
My wife and I have established a perfect little flock of 13 chickens. We originally had 21, then lost one..gave away some...gave 2 roosters away. Pure chicken math. But now, we have 13 altogether.
Something that we have been realllllyyy interested in is keeping heritage turkeys to breed/sell. A friend of ours has 6 Narragansett Turkeys available and is giving them to us free. They are 7 weeks old and are in good health. The only problem is that we have no idea where we would put them. We built a giant chicken coop and covered run in our backyard that suits the chickens just fine, but we will need to build something for these. Do they need a covered run? I can build a covered "roost" this weekend as a place for them to perch within the run, but will they roost outside the fence?
My idea (for right now at least), is to have a fenced in area with a place to roost. However, we are getting into colder weather here in South Carolina.
My wife and I have established a perfect little flock of 13 chickens. We originally had 21, then lost one..gave away some...gave 2 roosters away. Pure chicken math. But now, we have 13 altogether.
Something that we have been realllllyyy interested in is keeping heritage turkeys to breed/sell. A friend of ours has 6 Narragansett Turkeys available and is giving them to us free. They are 7 weeks old and are in good health. The only problem is that we have no idea where we would put them. We built a giant chicken coop and covered run in our backyard that suits the chickens just fine, but we will need to build something for these. Do they need a covered run? I can build a covered "roost" this weekend as a place for them to perch within the run, but will they roost outside the fence?
My idea (for right now at least), is to have a fenced in area with a place to roost. However, we are getting into colder weather here in South Carolina.