Turkey Talk for 2014

[Hbarth12]

I love you chickens rocker hen

 

[CherMoz]

Great pictures rockerhen!!

 

[Book Em Danno25]

Great Pics!!!

 

[chickadoodles]

Quote: I've had chicks to help teach the turkey poults to eat and drink and they do bond and make a nice flock together. I raised my birds together last year.

 

[chickadoodles]

Looks like the molt is over.

They are beautiful!

 

[Nickeyo]

What are Turkey s like on a free range basis, would they be safe from foxes, are they to big for a fox?

 

[duluthralphie]

What are Turkey s like on a free range basis, would they be safe from foxes, are they to big for a fox?

I free range my turkeys. I have not lost an ADULT turkey to a predator. I have lost a baby to them. My turkeys seldom go into the coop even though it is available to them. They roost on the roof of the coop or my dog kennel fence at night. I have 2 babies about 6 weeks old, they even roost fairly high off the ground. I doubt a fox could get them. The predator that got my baby was a bald eagle.

My adults are too large for them now, I think. They do a good job of hiding when a bird of prey flies over. Free range turkeys are fun to have and people seem to like them when they come over. If someone drives into the yard, they are right there to greet them.

If I step out the door of the house they come running to me. They follow me like little puppies wherever I go around the farm. If I open the machine shed and go in, they will go in unless I post the dog at the door to keep them out. (which is what I normally do).

If we go for a walk around the acreage, we have an entourage consisting of 2 dogs, 12 turkeys and the couple of chickens the turkey hens raised.


BEWARE, turkeys love sitting on vehicles! Are biggest grieve is them flying onto the roof of the vehicles.

I am biased, but I suggest you try free range turkeys.

 

[Quailsong]

BEWARE, turkeys love sitting on vehicles! Are biggest grieve is them flying onto the roof of the vehicles.

What bird wouldn't? That's like the equivalent of sitting on a nice warm egg.

 

[Regin]

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[Nickeyo]

I free range my turkeys. I have not lost an ADULT turkey to a predator. I have lost a baby to them. My turkeys seldom go into the coop even though it is available to them. They roost on the roof of the coop or my dog kennel fence at night. I have 2 babies about 6 weeks old, they even roost fairly high off the ground. I doubt a fox could get them. The predator that got my baby was a bald eagle.

My adults are too large for them now, I think. They do a good job of hiding when a bird of prey flies over. Free range turkeys are fun to have and people seem to like them when they come over. If someone drives into the yard, they are right there to greet them.

If I step out the door of the house they come running to me. They follow me like little puppies wherever I go around the farm. If I open the machine shed and go in, they will go in unless I post the dog at the door to keep them out. (which is what I normally do).

If we go for a walk around the acreage, we have an entourage consisting of 2 dogs, 12 turkeys and the couple of chickens the turkey hens raised.


BEWARE, turkeys love sitting on vehicles! Are biggest grieve is them flying onto the roof of the vehicles.

I am biased, but I suggest you try free range turkeys.

thanks, im thinking of getting some and they could roost over night in my hay barn, im from the uk so our big predators are foxes and badgers, although the government are thinking of releasing wolves back into scotland