Raising Turkey Meat - Crucial Steps To Raising Turkeys On Your Own

Turkeys are great meat; it's lean, has a lot of
great antioxidants, and natural vitamins and
nutrients and can be even better if you are
raising turkey meat on your own.  First of
all, start your turkey production with good
healthy stock concerning your turkey
babies.  It can be very simple and
easy in raising turkeys. You can raise them from
the egg yourself in an incubator, or purchase
good healthy stock from many of the turkey
farms. Make sure to watch out for diarrhea,
crooked legs at about four weeks, and that they
don't get too cold.

When it comes to raising baby turkeys and
turkeys you are going to want to give them heat
lamps so the turkeys don't get too cold. When
turkeys get cold, they cuddle up together and
actually sit on top of one another, resulting in
a pile up of turkey, with the bottom being
smothered to death. Of course it does matter how
many turkeys you are raising at a time, you
should always try to raise at least 5 as one or
two may pass away and three can be a flock
together.

You also need to decide whether you're growing
organic turkey or other types. Once you've made
that decision, you can make decisions on
deciding exactly what food to feed your turkeys.
Remember in order to have organic turkeys you
need to feed organic food, and stay away from
processed turkey food and medications.

Many turkey farmers battle diarrhea with their
turkeys, but you can put antibiotics in the
water. As soon as you see turkeys with diarrhea
you must begin to treat them or dehydration and
death will be the result. Some organic turkey
growers have had success with diarrhea in by
using acidophilus in the water.

If you notice your turkeys are wondering around
acting drunk, there's a good chance they are
lacking in particular vitamins and nutrients,
you can get a commercial mix for the water from
your feed store, or you can try feeding
different types of organic foods to increase
vitamin and nutrient content of their feet. Some
have used alfalfa and had this problem solved and
there may be other types of organic feed you can
use, look into organic turkey food on the
Internet.

Raising turkeys meat is a great way to
supplement your diet with lean meat full of
great vitamins and nutrients for your whole
family. Just make sure your turkeys come from a
healthy farm, keep them warm until they are old
enough to regulate their own temperature and
feed them well. Look to your Internet for
information about raising turkeys on a small
farm and then enjoy their large graceful bodies
wandering around.

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