To: WarrenSmith AT PalmettoBuilders.net, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Turkeys- Geese
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:08:05 -0800
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