Transporting turkeys

[EngeFamilyFarms]

i have 9 B.B. turkeys about ready for butcher. How would you recommend transporting them in my pickup to the butcher?(about an hour away). Also, they are almost 5 months old. Should I butcher now or give them one more month?

 

[casportpony]

i have 9 B.B. turkeys about ready for butcher. How would you recommend transporting them in my pickup to the butcher?(about an hour away). Also, they are almost 5 months old. Should I butcher now or give them one more month?

Do you think they would tolerate something like this:

 

[EngeFamilyFarms]

Do you think they would tolerate something like this:

I would feel bad doing that to my birds. We have treated them with love and respect since day one and would hate for their last day to be spent tied up

 

[casportpony]

I would feel bad doing that to my birds. We have treated them with love and respect since day one and would hate for their last day to be spent tied up

Peafowl travel very well like that, they are actually more relaxed than if I put them in a dog crate. But that's okay, I understand how you feel.

 

[R2elk]

i have 9 B.B. turkeys about ready for butcher. How would you recommend transporting them in my pickup to the butcher?(about an hour away). Also, they are almost 5 months old. Should I butcher now or give them one more month?

You are not going to like my answer but I have transported live adult turkeys by taping their legs together and then running some tape around the outside to hold their wings to their body using regular electrical tape. They laid calmly in the back of an open truck bed and were fine when I got them home.

 

[memphis]

I like Kathy's feed bag idea.

 

[R2elk]

I like Kathy's feed bag idea.

I would prefer the bags to be open mesh to help dissipate heat.

 

[casportpony]

I would prefer the bags to be open mesh to help dissipate heat.

I do prefer a certain type of bag because they breathe better. The standard feed bags are tightly woven, but those bags are not. I'll take a picture so you all can see what I mean.

 

[memphis]

I usually just toss them the keys & they drive themselves.

 

[sfgwife]

Hahahah i can so see your ladies hoppin up in the drivers seat!