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I can see that being a good option for mom and babies (both chicken and turkey) to give them time out side to socialize with the rest of the tribe when they are still too small to integrate! Thank you! I think getting the babies out on the grass as soon as mom is ready, will be healthier for...

Thank you for the great information! We will likely start with them in the outdoor brooder, to avoid imprinting, but with a baby monitor and a video camera so I can keep an eye on them in the night, because I am a nervous mother hen, lol. The only other place for them would be in my office...

I had read that layer feed was bad for the cockerels/roosters and I want my boys happy and healthy too, considering they will give their lives in defense of the tribe, I think they deserve the best. This is why I feed my chickens a whole grain mix, with split peas and lentils, lightly...

Thank you! I am looking forward to them. If turkeys are MORE personable and sociable than chickens, we are in trouble, LOL. Our chickens are extremely sociable, even the boys.

I have never met an animal that I didn't love, quite an awkward position for a carnivore..lol I never knew just how much love you could feel for a chicken, and yet here I am, obsessed with each and every single one of them. I am sure it will be the same with the breeding tribe of Turkeys. I...

That is great information, thank you. I would have totally used the pine shavings that I have used with the chickens, and that would have ended in heart break. With our luck, 10 of the 15 will be toms, so it is likely better for me, to not get too attached to them until we know who gets to...

We have been raising chickens for a year now, and they are on an excellent lightly fermented whole grain feeding regime where they are getting 20% protein and are supplemented, with things like sardines and scramble as treats a couple of times per week. When they were chicks, we did feed a chick...