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[Rob <becida AT comcast.net>]

At  12/18/2006 03:17 PM,Warren F. Smith wrote:


> Has anyone heard of or tried raising domesticated turkeys in a
> freeranging homestead environment- ie not in a turkey factory?
>
> Warren

Yes, great eating too but they did get really big before we 
slaughtered them just before Thanksgiving.

I made a turk house for them out of scrap, I put a 'brooder box' 
inside the turk house for when they were really little. Kept them 
there for a month or two then let them loose.
They roamed at will chasing down bugs, seeds, goats milk and whatever 
until the week before Thanksgiving. I did feed them too.



Rob

becida AT comcast.net
Western Washington State, USA