turkey housing

[kelidei]

I have 5 RP's ready to go outside and we are building a nice big run for them this weekend. I am wondering what kind of shelter they need. I live in northern Illinois. I have coops for my chickens ... do they need something like that or would just a shelter from the wind and weather be sufficient? It would be inside a welded wire, covered enclosure...like the runs our chickens have (my husband reinforces them like Ft Knox). Right now they are in a pen in my garage... they need to go out ... NOW!

 

[Thomasturkey]

Do you remember the story of the three little pigs? I built my turkey shelter/nesting area out of straw. It is 8 bails of straw lined up two at each side like a hollow square. Two pieces of 8X4' plywood goes over the top. The way the bailes are butted together leaves a opening like a door. They love it. Its like a little straw cave. I just remove the plywood and collect eggs everyday.

 

[homesteadinmama]

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I would love to see a picture of that, I might be making one of those in the spring

 

[vsmenagerie]

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I did this for a bottle calf I had. Worked really well!! I would just fill the straw house up with straw and the calf stayed nice and toasty!

*came in here to read on raising turkeys* hehe

 

[kelidei]

I like that idea! I would like to see pictures too if you have some. Thanks!!!

 

[mochicken]

Whatever you make be sure it's secure, I built my coop and run into what I thought was secure but am finding out different. I built the run with dog kennel fence panels reinforced that with welded wire up three feet, chicken wire on top with no gaps, and put a "skirt" of chicken wire around the bottom. I have noticed a mess of the chickens food and things being moved at night and didnt know how it was happening, last night I heard a familiar purr and went out to find three juvenile raccons in the coop eating chick feed, luckily I lock them in their coop at night or I would have lost some poults. No matter what I put my turkeys in I will lock them up at night, right now my three bronze 10 week old turkeys sleep in a 6x8 shed with a roost and a feeder/waterer

 

[cowdogcadillac]

I keep them in a 17x35 pen with big coop in there. But,,they roost up on top of coop every night.They want to be up high. Also put some branches 2-4 feet off the ground with a roof over it. They will all roost together on that in garbage weather.Whatever you make they will want to be off the ground at night. Good luck

See the branch roost in the background,,they love it