Great to hear that you have decided to get turkeys they are addictive.
1. Don't know about the best location to buy Poults in you area I buy from Cackle Hatchery in the state of Mo, I have had only Good luck with them Poults and Chicks.
If you order from most there Min, order is 15 and they send extra $125.00 including shipping the other options are to get an Incubator and get some fertile eggs hatch your self get more eggs than you want Poults the hatch rate average 40% cheaper that way and then you have a Incubator to do your own eggs from your Hens and another is to check your local Craig's list average cost per Poult $10 each I sell mine for $7 each and they sell fast.
2.The thought is if you want a long living breed and ones that will reproduce do not buy a double breasted breed unless you want a fast maturing bird as far as taste goes for the breed the Red Bourbon was raised for that very thing as well as the Holland white a little bigger bodied bird I do not have experience with Holland whites I have a Poult from a friend to try out when grown but I raise Red Bourbons.
The taste of a Red Bourbon is like Mixing the wild with the tame no game taste but much more flavor X 10 of the store bought birds.
My friend
Celie who is a member here as well is gathering breeds together to do her own taste test still in progress.
2.From what I read most Hens like there own nesting boxes but numerous hens may lay in one box
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I have setup 3 nesting areas and now I have 3 Hens trying to set on one bunch of eggs at the same time don't even try to explain that .
I hope I answered your questions to some existent but there is a lot more to learn starting out with Turkeys and this is a good place to start don't be disappointed if you don't get answers to question quickly there out tending to there flocks
all sorts of good information can and will be found here.
Good luck with the Turkey Adventure.
