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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

Each year, I budget for plants and livestock to add to the farm.  This 
past year, I spent my entire livestock budget on chickens...some good 
that did...grow up 40 birds and loose most of them to predators.  I 
still have 19 birds, though, 18 hens and a rooster.
This coming Spring, the plan is to buy turkeys, geese and a few ducks. 
I am reworking the old chicken coop to raise turkeys in there.  I have 
been digging out the old dirt floor to add to my garden beds, and once 
that is done, I re-fence the 9x18 area and make a turkey roost.  I'm not 
taking any chances on letting the coyotes or dogs take my turkeys this 
year.  In the best of all possible worlds, I'd free range, but I can't 
take the chance on loosing money again.  I'll keep the turkey poults and 
goslings together in the chicken/turkey tractor until they get too big 
for it.
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BevanRon of EarthNSky Farm   NW Georgia USDA Zone 7
34.498N 85.076W    Bev is Earth, Ron is Sky