Turkeys outside?

[trdfrgson]

When is it too cold for Turkeys to be outside.

Reason, I have a chicken coop, however I haven't been able to keep Mr. Weasel out and I do not want to lose any more birds.

In the Chicken coop are the layers and there really isn't any room for 2 turkeys. So I have made an A frame small coop, about 4 ft by 4 ft wrapped in chicken wire. I was hoping to keep the turkeys in this, however will it be too cold for the Turkeys? they are currently 7 weeks old.

Can they make it outside like that? I want to ensure they are not suffering or anything.

 

[crj]

How old are they? Mine are about 2 1/2 months and I just lost on to what I believe is from the cold. I can't be sure. Her body was warm when I found her but she was stiff already. She was a bit weak to begin with. I'm just really sad this happened. If they are healthy and older they should be fine. My other one is healthy and good to go.

 

[peewee918]

As long as they have a place where they can get out of the elements and keep dry they should be fine.

 

[Frosty]

I had some 2 1/2 month old poults get separated from their mom in a blizzard (we got 15" or so of wet blowing snow, temps low 30's or upper 30's). They all came back one or two at a time and none were lost. Wierd thing was that the blizzard was Oct 5th, yet just a few days earlier temps were in the 90's. But unless they have free range time, 4' x 4' may be a bit small before too long.

 

[crj]

No blizzard here just temps dropping into the 50's at night. I feel so awful this happened to my young poult. I just wish I had seen the young poult first thing this morning, I may have been able to do something. It was fine yesterday. Just breaks my heart.