Turkey, herbs & flowers

[Longhouse4]

Just finishing up our coop and I would love to know, what, if any, plants, herbs or flowers do turkeys enjoy? Just trying to add some fun functional color to the joint.

Also, what are you using for the floor of your coop? Sand, pine chips, etc?

 

[R2elk]

Just finishing up our coop and I would love to know, what, if any, plants, herbs or flowers do turkeys enjoy? Just trying to add some fun functional color to the joint.

Also, what are you using for the floor of your coop? Sand, pine chips, etc?

I live on a sand dune. The floors of my coops are sand.

I plant yellow sweet clover for the bees. The turkeys are very good at harvesting the seeds for themselves.

 

[Coops Dad]

I planted vetch, field peas and favs beans as cover crops on about an acre of the back pasture, plus a few stands of Mammoth sunflowers. The chickens and poults love the beans and peas, and I can't wait to see how they react to the sunflowers when they go to seed.

 

[R2elk]

I can't wait to see how they react to the sunflowers when they go to seed.

That is if the song birds leave any for the poultry.

 

[Coops Dad]

That is if the song birds leave any for the poultry.

It wasn't an issue last year, very little lost to native birds. I cut the heads off and dry them in our sunroom. I ended up with a huge stack of dried, headless birds.

J/K, I do that to the sunflowers. Some of them are the size of pizzas.

 

[R2elk]

I leave them dry on the stalks and let the song birds have at them. As a low protein, high fat food, it is not a good idea to feed large quantities to the turkeys. The rule of thumb for such treats is no more than 10% of the total diet.

 

[Devils Flower]

Just finishing up our coop and I would love to know, what, if any, plants, herbs or flowers do turkeys enjoy? Just trying to add some fun functional color to the joint.

Also, what are you using for the floor of your coop? Sand, pine chips, etc?

I use sand. It's great. It's cheap and easy to clean.
I put out a nice square bed of ragweed this spring for my turkeys.