Very well done presentation. A real good eyes on video with no flamboyance. Just your facts. This year in June we will be getting 3 turkeys along with 25 meat birds.The meat birds I know I can handle as we have layers for years. The turkeys? Well your video gave lots of insight into what to expect, so thanks for this.
I like Big Tom Gobbler and the girls but they're always running about crapping all over the place making crazy noises and flapping their goolie-bags on their faces at me.
I love turkeys but ours are bottomless pits and always seem to be hungry so we're downsizing our flock to just a few. They love sleeping as high as they can get, some of ours sleep in trees over our chicken yard, and a couple sleep on the barn by the tree. They're good for keeping hawks away but they also bully the chickens. They definitely think they rule the yard. We had 1 royal tom get aggressive towards all of us so we sold him. His son is nice so far.
Yeah it's why I'd encourage foraging/freerangeing an simply supplement their diets with feed if your able to do that I like to give them an my chickens wild bird seed which tends to have all the same stuff as commercial chicken scratch plus black oil sunflower seeds tend to aid in fatting up my critters but turkeys are like goldfish an chickens they'll act like their starvin like Marvin all the time but really their fine as long as their supplemented at least twice a day now days ppl are like oh we need super big turkeys just like store bought but fail to realize that those birds are bred that way like a Cornish cross hen an fed things others can't afford or get way I see it if that bird can make a meal for my family an have leftovers for a nice lunch or something to toss in a pot of soup I'm good
I lived raising my turkeys. They were pretty tame and comical. They would serenade me in the morning, they were just a great homestead bird. I had huge fig trees in Oregon at that time, I would shake the limbs and the turkeys gobbled them up. I don’t like the dark figs, so the turkeys got all of them and shortly after the turkeys went into the canners. I’m hatching some turkey eggs I bought online, they are a special breed I was interested in. Blessings
I once raised a pair of turkeys, they were very easy to raise, no fuss. Whatever I eat, they eat. From 2 children, their reproduction increased to 6, then to 20 children. They reproduce so much that I can't eat or sell them 😱😱, I consider them my friends. Who would eat their friend? 😄😄 However, my country's climate is quite humid, and an avian flu epidemic occurred. All of them did not survive, despite my many efforts to prevent them.
bro this is veraeda unsatisfaeda. ur petuh's kukareks very annoying me. u blyat next time lock all petuhs in de barn, and then record di videyo. y got well-deserved diz.
Anyone have tried and tested advice for preventing turkey piling when they are a little older, say, maybe 3 weeks old and fairly feathered? Basically, right before they are ready to go outside. For whatever reason, this is my biggest challenge with turkeys, otherwise I love'em and am quite successful with raising them. Last year I lost about 50% of my flock. I'd come check them in the morning and there would always be one squished. It was not a heat issue, by the way. I was able to crank it up to make sure they weren't huddling to keep warm. They just seem to love to sleep in a pile and the weakling always gets buried under. I also rounded the corners of the brooder. Didn't help much. So any other advice before this season begins??? Thanks!
Bought 5, one didn’t make it through baby stage but other 4 are my baby clowns who I love and spoil. They help me with all my yard work. They LOVE to look for things that can be knocked down
Enjoyed your video. Great information on the birds. I have one turkey. Mr. turkey is fun to look at.. I don’t pet him even though sometimes I think I could. He lives with one male duck next to our chicken. We also raised some turkey last year for freezer camp. They went too early because they were really small. Next spring we will do it better. Thanks for all the information. Have a great day, lisa@moneypit homestead
Our Toms stopped roosting up high when they got older - they get too heavy (Bourbon Reds), the hens we have clipped one wing so they can't escape their area. Our electric chicken fence keeps our turkeys in, providing we have shade cloth between. I love my turkeys and wish I had got some earlier. Just wondering what the diameter of the roost you made them is. We made ours from a three inch diameter branch. They'll get sore feet if it's too small.
@@savingmiller yes. That’s a bit thin. It puts lots of pressure on their feet. Especially when they’re getting bigger. Our perches are made from small rosewood logs and range from 3-5 inches diameter.
Thanks for the video. Have you looked into mobile turkey scooners? The mobile enclosure allows them to free range without being invasive especially on a small farm.
@@jakefilmore Yes. However it is much larger in scale with a set number of turkeys. It has a covered roof made of material that allows light to pass through and has very, very sturdy roost bars. The Schooner keeps turkeys out of harm and out of trouble. 🦃
Since your comments section is turned off on your most recent video I'm going to leave this note here. Your children are incredibly beautiful. They remind me very much of my grandchildren! May God bless and keep your family, making His face to shine upon you, today and always.
@@savingmiller That's weird! Well, anyway. You're surely well blessed! The older we get the more we value family and children. I've only watched a couple of your videos so far--perhaps three. But I'm really looking forward to watching many more! I like the obvious quality of your construction in your coops/tractors. Hopefully there's more of that sort in your other videos yet for me to discover! Congratulations again on finding the truly abundant life! Blessings to you all! 😊❤
Yea i just get several a couple of months ago and now i got 2 babies out of 12 eggs and today is 2nd day but the babies already takes out 2 ounces of chicken food while they bites my finger far harder than yesterday lol Now idk if i would goes mass cultivation or not since im originally planning to do so after i successfully manage to hatches some eggs
IF you electrified the fence will it keep them more in line? I am new to turkeys and want to plan ahead and expected to electrify the surrounded small pasture area. I was initially thinking more about predators but it is good to know they just run it over if it is not electrified
Would you suggest clipping their wings? We have coyotes that are ballsey enough to go up to our house. We wouldnt want them flying over the fence however we do want them to roost.
This is our first attempt at heritage breeds as we have experience with broad breasted who are more short lived. I am a bit nervous to add bourbon reds and also very excited!
Are they much more tame than the Wild Rio Grande or Easter cousins? I’ve seen those always around properties but they never seem to venture out past peoples properties.
You need to raise their roost higher they want to be high. Build some large nest boxes about 8 feet high with a roost bar system up there. Bow your hens are gonna lay on the ground period thats how turkeys work. The hens will lay on the ground the toms will go up high the hens will go up high. The hens will not likely lay eggs up high tho.
Yeah, when they are this age, they will roost pretty high. I have a bar at 10 ft. they roost on. Now that they are mature though, the toms can't fly that high.
I have burbon reds too . Two hens and a tom im hoping they drop some eggs for me in a few months so i can expand the flock. My burbons are docile too very social
Greetings! I live in North Dakota, and based on your "foliage" I'm guessing you don't have to deal with tundra effect for a majority of the year, but how do these fare with predators such as but not limited to coyotes, fox, weasel, feral dogs, cats, skunks, raccoon and badgers?
@@savingmillerWhat do you think of Kangals for livestock protection? A friend has 6 Great Pyrenees, they protect his farm well & are handsome dogs. I enjoyed the turkey video, we are moving to a small farm & are checking out turkeys to raise in Northern Ontario, 🇨🇦
I don't know your acreage, but why do you run your animals on lawn? I heard you call it pasture, but that ain't pasture. There is nothing for them to eat, just look at how short that grass is.
