Turkey VIrgin

RobinZ

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Jun 13, 2009
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I am a newbie to raising turkeys, I have (2) one month old BB Whites. I put them out in their coop this week(still leaving heat light on at night). I think one might be a Tom, it is def bigger and getting really big red bumps under his neck, the other not so much. My question is, we have been leaving them out some during the day in the run. They will not come in to the coop to eat or drink on their own, but when we call them from the coop they come in and eat and drink like they are starving and thirsting to death. Are they too dumb to know to come into the coop for food and water?
 
Short answer...yes.
I've just started raising turkeys myself and one of the first things I was warned about was BB turkeys is that they are so dumb, if you move their food and water they will starve to death. My Orloppe Bronze aren't that bad, but the bigger you get, the dumber, apparently...
 

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