Heritage turkey poults:
@myfivegirls , will you have poults at chickenstock? I want to try to raise 2 for fall processing. I don't want to overdo it. I might grab some homesteaders too. I'm not positive yet. How much for poults? Do you think adding two to my group of chicks for brooding is ok? I can keep them separately eventually but brooding space is limited.
I hope / plan to; though I just candled the first turkey eggs I set on 3/12. Maybe they're still too early to check for development, but all I saw was clear eggs!

I have two new jakes - dominant one's a pure Narrigansett ("Jefferson") & 2nd jake, a Bourbon Red ; 3 hens, not related to the toms - Narri/Bourbon mixes (F1 "mom" & her daughters)
I've seen the Bourbon do his "deed" with one of the hens, but they're both still under 1 yr old, so I'm hoping they'll get the eggs fertile soon! Then, with this cold, several eggs have frozen.
But, as long as they're fertile by mid/end of April, I should have poults by Chickenstock. Last year, my one tom did a great job with two hens, and he was under a year too.
Not sure why these jakes haven't figured it out yet!
The poults are $12 each. And I brooded most of the turkeys with chicks last year, and they did fine. Once they were feathered out & quite bigger than the chicks, I did separate them, just to have more space & continue them on the higher protein feed.
Yes, I should have Catskill Homesteaders there too.