Raising Turkeys - Know the Simplest Illnesses and Best Solution For Turkeys To Survive Longer

In planning to breed turkeys either as
domesticated animals or for small businesses, it
is better to know the common problems that you
may encounter in breeding them. Keeping turkeys
may be undemanding but you need to learn also
the simplest illnesses that they can get in
order for you to distinguish the best solution
and medicine for them to survive longer.

Like any other birds, turkeys need optimum
amount of heat for them to live. They have the
habit of clinging to each other whenever they
feel cold. It will be hard for the smaller
turkeys to survive. Smaller turkeys will likely
die because of suffocation when the bigger
turkeys pile up on top of them. In raising
turkeys, it is better to separate the bigger
ones from the smaller ones to prevent this from
happening. You can keep their coop warm by
placing a red lamp inside for every 20 turkeys
you have and turn it on during nighttime or
whenever you know that it will be cold outside.
By doing these techniques, the piling up of your
turkeys and death will be prevented.

Though your turkeys might look healthy and sound
when they were born, it is still best to monitor
their growth. If turkeys are not given much
attention in their growing stages, certain
disabilities may develop like bent and crooked
legs that may lead to permanent limpness and
death. Certain skin diseases may also be
acquired if turkeys are not given the right
vitamins and nutrients.

Diarrhea is a well-known illness in raising
turkeys, too. It will surely affect your
business because turkeys tend to die because of
dehydration. This can be prevented by regularly
putting certain amount of vitamins and minerals
in their everyday feeds for them to grow
healthy. Other nutrients can be mixed with their
water too. You can also give them some
antibiotics on a regular basis until their
diarrhea stops. Entiritis is another
intestinal-related sickness for turkeys of any
age. It may be caused by certain virus, bacteria
and parasites available in their cages. This can
be prevented by early entiritis vaccination. It
may not stop entiritis completely from happening
but it will surely control the amount of bacteria
and viruses in their system. Search for digestive
enhancements that can be added to their feeds.
Many are already EU-certified so you do not have
to worry about its side effects to your turkeys.

The simplest thing to be followed to avoid
acquiring any diseases is to maintain
cleanliness in and out of their coops. However,
it is very unrealistic to make it 100%-free from
bacteria because pathogens will always be present
in raising turkeys. You just need to control and
maintain tidiness, especially in the feeding
system, for your turkeys.

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If you feel you still need help on raising
turkeys, consulting existing turkey owners and
farmers will certainly be a big help. Learn more
about how to raise turkeys correctly here:
http://www.howtoraiseturkeys.com

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