Turkeys For 2013

[chicken pickin]

super cute and I love your brooder! Do you have more pics of the brooder?

 

[StelleKitten]

I found more Bourbon Reds. I have 5 more coming around the 25th. With the 6 I have now I'll be able to build an unrelated Trio. I'll be raising my own in the future.

Tooo cute. I am looking forward to getting some of my own breeding turkeys later this year. Once DH and I settle on a breed. We both want meaty birds, but we would like them to be able to breed on their own.

 

[Arielle]

In case anyone is looking for hatching eggs, I have Bourbon Reds and Sweetgrass available now. THey are laying great, finally!!

Now what to do with all the extras-- spread the passion for cuties!! If interested send me a PM.

 

[kuntrygirl]

I think I've had enough for the year. I don't want to see anymore poults.

 

[Bitterroot]

I think I've had enough for the year. I don't want to see anymore poults.

I'm just about to get started!

I got my ebay preorder eggs yesterday. Would have been nice if the seller had let me know they were coming. (hint hint mister seller ...) They spent four hours crammed in my mailbox baking in the hot sun before my husband got home and brought them in. If I know eggs are coming, I meet the mail lady at the box!

Got 'em set up in the coolerbator, pulled one this morning that was seeping. How do you guys usually deal with shipped eggs? How long to let them sit upright in the incubator before turning, and then how do you orient them? Tip back and forth, or lay them on their sides and roll? I candled them and couldn't see aircells so that doesn't help. Thought I would have more time to figure out the details.

 

[ButchGood]

In case anyone is looking for hatching eggs, I have Bourbon Reds and Sweetgrass available now. They are laying great, finally!!

Now what to do with all the extras-- spread the passion for cuties!! If interested send me a PM.

I wish I would have seen this last week. I think the sweetgrass are gorgeous. I settled for my second choice, Bourbon Reds. But I'm happy with The BR's because they are the tastiest of all heritage breed turkeys.

 

[ButchGood]

super cute and I love your brooder! Do you have more pics of the brooder?

 

[kuntrygirl]

super cute and I love your brooder! Do you have more pics of the brooder?

Good job! NICE!

 

[ButchGood]

Tooo cute. I am looking forward to getting some of my own breeding turkeys later this year. Once DH and I settle on a breed. We both want meaty birds, but we would like them to be able to breed on their own.

This will be my first heritage breed turkeys. I've raised Broad Breasted Bronze. Process a 40 lb. bird in 18 weeks. But I want turkeys I can breed and get a self sustaining flock that will supply us in meat for years to come. I chose the Bourbon Reds because from all my studies they are the tastiest of the large heritage breed turkeys. The midget whites are the winners of taste tests over all, I also want a pretty bird. I like the sweet grass first for looks, BR's second. I could not find sweetgrass in the area. I've been finding BR's pretty easy here lately. So That's what I'm raising.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

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WOW I just love this! Showing DH so he can brainstorm. Thanks for sharing!