Can You Raise Turkeys and Chickens Together? | A Farmish Kind of Life
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- čas přidán 5. 05. 2021
- A bit about how we raise turkeys and chickens together on our farm. Also, beware -- that turkey wasn't happy when I said he was cute but not super smart...
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Couldn’t help but notice the glasses, they are so stinking cute
I LOVE these glasses!
I live in Brooklyn, NY and when I was in River head, NY I was a turkey crossing a road and I couldn't believe it. In New York City I never saw this.
Turkeys are pretty neat to see, we have lots of wild ones around us!
"That's what you get for calling us dumb. I'm voting for Christmas, by the way."
Dang turkey!
what do you feed? i read turkeys need a game feed. i have my chicks and turkeys together on chick feed. they are a week old. can the chicks eat game feed too?
Hi there!We just got some Rio Poults ourself and I’m researching everyone’s coops before we start ours. Glad I found your channel! Nice To Meet You!
Thanks for watching! How are the poults doing?
What about the protein food difference. I feed 16% to chickens which the turkeys have access to. I feed 30% to all my quail.
Thanks! I was wondering about raising my Cornish crosses and turkeys together. I’ve heard people say that could happen here but no one’s actually had it happen.
We've had it happen for a few years now, and it's worked well for us! Thanks for watching. :)
Thanks for the info! I was going to do an impulse turkey eggs purchase, but we do struggle with blackhead on our property (we sent chickens for testing and it was noted by the lab tech) and with our current set up it'll be hard to keep them safe and separated. Pass for now, but maybe in the future!
Luckily you knew about the blackhead beforehand! Any luck with getting turkeys... a whole year later (sorry for my ridiculous late response, I don't know why this didn't get sent to my regular comment box!)
I have give guinea keets that follow my turkey like ducklings. They can be pricks at times but they mostly protect the flock.
Hi! We're considering adding turkeys to our broiler mix also! Have you noticed a lower mortality of turkeys? Also do you get them all at the same time? Or is within the same week or so ok? Thanks! - Heather
We have had a lot of luck with the turkeys surviving better when they are with the broilers. Without them, it's almost as if they don't know what to do with themselves or that the water is for drinking or the food is for eating. We usually get them pretty close to the same time, within a few days of each other. Depending on numbers you're working with, I would think a week might be okay -- although I haven't tried it. Good luck!
How long does it take for the turkey before you harvest them? We have a similar set up and would really like to add in a few turkeys each round.
We harvest our turkeys at 20-24 weeks. They usually dress out between 18-20 pounds. 😊
The answer is yes I have turkeys and chickens together and they're best friends
Ours have gotten along together very well, too. :)
The turkeys are not stupid. I have raised a lot from egg and they are not so stupid that they don’t know where the water is.
Thank you for your point of view. I will remember that the turkeys are cute but not smart ! 😁
So, now, I know I will have to be careful about food and drink for my turkeys !
They are adorable when they are little but need a lot of "help". ;) Thanks for watching!
@@FarmishKindofLife Thanks !
Turkey-gotta poop
Amy-Seriously??!
Turkey-yep!
Exactly! Ha!!
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How do you raise them both together when they require different feed/protein %????
I have fed my meat birds and turkeys the same feed without issue. That's what is available to us at our small local feed mill so that's what we do. :)
So u feed all your birds 26% or u feed everything 22%?
How do you manage to keep the turkeys from getting black head disease from the chickens.
It's not a problem where I am.
@@FarmishKindofLife so it depends where you live I guess.
@@masonmosbarger1992 Yep, or just what's in the area, if it's become an issue or not. No one around me has ever dealt with it, so I take the chance to raise my turkeys and meat birds together. 🙂
Is it mandatory to vaccine them "1day"?
God noo
Who's not so smart as turkey poops on arm? what a surprise hahaha just kidding your cute
The comment got deleted by the way i like your videos i a animal also
Male turkeys can be a little “too” friendly towards chickens
True, but these particular chickens go to freezer camp before the male turkeys figure that out. ;)
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