Well they made it through the first 24.

Here is the new additions to the farm. Six Bourbon Red turkeys. They arrived yesterday morning at the local feed & hardware store. The problem was, the feed truck hadn't came so I was in a state of panic because the only thing I had was the 22%medicated chick starter which I was told I couldn't feed them. After making several calls to a couple of other feed store I had no luck.So I began my search on the internet about this problem, but since I am in the "land of dial up" (probably why picture isn't clear) this was more of an aggravation than helpful. I put out the call and a few good buddies gave me their 2 cents and then I called McMurray Hatcheries, which is where they had originally came from. So here's the main things I learned as this new adventure begins.

1st-Water- Add 1-3 TBSP per quart for first 3 days for extra energy. Seemed to work they were running around last night like kids hyped up on chocolate.

2nd-Feed, Best to have turkey/game 28%, 22% chick starter will be OK until you find a feed store with the 28%. Spread on white paper towel(I used printer paper) to get them started pecking.

3rd-Heat(Major important) Keep 90-95 Degrees, no drafts. For first week, then start cooling off 5degrees at a time.

The rest is common since, keep cage clean and dry.Also I have learned turkeys are cannibals, yikes! have to make sure they aren't pecking on each other, only the strong will survive. You can cut the tips of their beaks off to help prevent this. Mine are all getting along so far, I hope it doesn't come to this.

Okay now the important part that I haven't yet figured out, What do I have?(By the way, baby turkeys are called poults) You could only order straight run, so let's throw in the guesses. How many gobblers, how many hens? If they are all gobblers the winner get's a gobbler. I know AJ-Oaks will jump right on that.LOL

It has been so crazy around here I almost forgot about pop quiz on the plant. Lyndia, who I am not sure where she is from, but she has herefords so I know she has to be a wonderful person and 4R Ranch, which you can find her link on my blog list(nice sight, stop in and check her out)both guessed GINSENG and they were right. I wasn't offering a prize, but if these turn out to be all gobblers maybe I will pass one along to them too. LOL

Thanks again to Amy, Teresa & Jim for getting back so quick when I was in a state of panic yesterday!

Comments

[AJ-OAKS]

Ha Ha very funny!! :) lol
My guess is 4 boys, 2 girlies.
And you can keep ALL of them!! No sending turkeys this way!! :)
Happy you found out the info you needed. Before you know it, you will be a turkey expert!
Looking forward to watching them grow up. Through pics of course! lol

[Teresa]

I'll say 5 boys and 1 girl. Feel free to deliver the tom here if you want. :-)I don't think mail will be a good option by the time you figure it out. I'm sure you'll be fine. They warn about chicken cannibalism too, so I'm sure it won't be worse than that.

[kathy aka hereford maid]

AJ-Oaks & Teresa, Sorry but you will have to change your guess. We lost 1 turkey this weekend. It wasn't doing good when I first got it, kinda stayed off to itself, but the other 5 are doing great, my luck they are probably all gobblers. Don't forget AJ-Oaks, got your address, may want to check packages before you open to see if they "gobble". LOL

[Marianne]

We too just started turkeys - Bourbon Reds and Narragansett. They are 10 days old today. One thing to think about for next time around is that you could have added hard boiled egg to your chick starter to give the poults the extra protein they needed. I read that on someone else's blog. Hope the rest are well. Marianne

[kathy aka hereford maid]

Marianne, Thanks for the tip. Do you use the yolk of whole egg?? If you know someone that has a blog that "talks turkey" let me know.

[Marianne]

Hi Kathy,
I read about the egg trick from a guy in Seattle area that I follow. He has terrific information about turkey raising. I asked him questions, then he posted a huge list of answers on his blog. http://ebeyfarm.blogspot.com/ Check out his archive on turkeys. Our turks are 13 days old and so far so good. Good luck!

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Marianne, Thanks for the info. If you hear of any more tips pass them my way.

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