Easy Guide to Rearing Turkeys - Tips Turkey Owners Should Know Before Buying More

They are known for providing us with delicious
Thanksgiving dinners, but they make for great
pets as well. Turkeys are marvelous
animals. Whatever your reason is for thinking
about rearing turkeys, there are some things
that you need to know first before doing so.

Turkeys are very curious birds. They
continuously poke their heads around in
practically anything they can poke it into. It's
cute at first, but their curiosity can sometimes
lead them to danger. For example, young turkeys
can sometimes drown themselves in a bucket of
water, as they look inside to see what's in the
bucket and they fall in. You have to take extra
precautions in making sure that they are in an
environment that will minimize these accidents
stemming from their curiosity.

Keeping turkeys can also be done because you
want them as pets. This is possible as well,
since these birds are very friendly creatures.
However, you should not treat them as pets if
you wish to sell them off once they are big
enough for turkey dinners. Treating them as
pets, along with all the other perks of being
one, destroys their commercial value.

When rearing turkeys, make sure that you rear
them away from other birds, especially chickens.
This is because of the blackhead organism. This
organism is carried by chickens with no harmful
effect on them. However, for turkeys, the
blackhead organism is 100% fatal. Turkeys are
very susceptible to the blackhead organism, and
if contracted without proper medication, is a
sure cause of death.

Turkeys are not entirely stupid. However, it
takes time for them to learn some important
things, such as where to get feed and water. You
would need to provide lots of feeders and water
spots to young turkeys, as it takes time for
them to figure out their locations. You can
scatter these feeders and water spots all over
their coop to ensure that they stumble into one.

One of the nice things about raising turkeys is
the fact that they're not that difficult to care
for. They'll need warmth in the beginning of
their lives when their growing and are babies,
and you need to watch out for them piling up on
each other for warmth and smothering each other.
The best way to do that is to allow a good red
heat lamp for each set of 20 birds. Rearing
turkeys are a joy. They might not be the easiest
animals to rear, but they do have huge rewards,
especially when Thanksgiving comes along. Until
then, have fun raising your turkeys!

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Rearing turkeys are a joy. They might not be the
easiest animals to rear, but they do have huge
rewards, especially when Thanksgiving comes
along. If you would like to learn more about
raising turkeys and avoid costly mistakes,
please visit: http://www.howtoraiseturkeys.com

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