As a retired farmer i enjoy these homestead videos. The excitement everyone has when trying something new reminds me of great days from childhood on. Farming is much better than video games 😁
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@Axel Cohen I really appreciate your reply. I got to the site on google and Im in the hacking process now. Takes quite some time so I will reply here later with my results.
You have so many exciting things going on at your homestead! Everything from how well your garden is progressing to the pigs, the baby ducks, the outdoor garden area, the baby bunnies and now the turkeys! It's exciting and I don't know how you keep up with everything. You do a fantastic job and I'm happy to tag along on the journey and learn. Thank you so much!
At the beginning I noticed in the background, behind the coop there are some black walnut trees. Have you ever thought of trying to tap them to make syrup? If you haven't tried it yet, it is an amazing treat to have.
I love your turkey ,brings back a lot of memories . When I was a kid. Living with my grandparents, they hatched three turkeys. Only one lived so they gave him to me . I named him Bimbo .loved that little bird so much . Our neighbor's dog came to our place and that dog killed my little Bimbo . Was s sad day . I love watching your videos . You are definitely living the best life . Lots of hard work , but so rewarding. So to you I say , take care , and God bless .
OMG, your baby turkeys and bunnies are SOOOO cute... It always cracks me up when you guys video letting your ducks out of their pen in the morning. The three original ducks always quack at you like, "Why the heck did it take you so long to let us out?!?"
My Grandmother and Mother were born in Lebanon, Missouri. My Grandmothers family owned part of the land that is now part of Bennett Springs State Park.
@@billquantrill4960 My family has had several reunions there. My Grandparents 50th anniversary gathering was held there. They are both gone now. Along with all my great Aunts and Uncles. With our family scattered throughout the Midwest, and without the older generations anchoring us to Missouri. We will probably never gather in MO again. But who knows maybe we will all travel over 700 miles just for the chance to see the old family homestead once again. I remember the first time my grandmother pointed out her family members in the old black and white photos they had on display in the history display at the Park. My older siblings were working on their family tree project for their High School history class. We still have the photos somewhere, that my father took of the display photos. In fact I am determined to make it back to Missouri some day. Lot of fun memories of visiting my Grandparents. Springfield, Ava, Neosha, Joplin are just a few of the town's my Grandparents lived in throughout my life time.
@@rachelgibson1858 Nice. Its great to know family history. We're about a year away from buying an acreage in southern Missouri. We now live in the central part of the sate but would like to get a hobby farm further south. Probably somewhere between Springfield and Cabool. I just want to avoid the areas where they allow all of the poultry barns. A few chickens are fine, but a thousand of them are pretty smelly.
@@billquantrill4960 LOL Yeah. I live in Ohio on our family farm. The lands been in my father's family for over 100yrs. We stopped raising sheep around the time i was born in 79. Strictly a crop farm since. We have had chickens over the years. But currently have none. The farmer just to the south was said to have sold his fields to a Poultry company. But so far no barns have been built. Fingers cross it never happens. I am a die hard country girl. I truly believe people have the right to do what they want with their own land. I just don't want to have to smell the poultry barns.
Sarah, give is a tour of your flower garden again in the near future when you can squeeze it into a video. You planted so many beautiful flower seeds and we have only gotten a glimpse.
your ducks are entertaining to watch, funny to see that they stuck to their clicks/ baby bunnies look adorable, can't wait to see them in a week or so once their eyes open/ the baby turkeys were interesting to see, with the 2 different breeds, looking forward to seeing the blue slates mature, I am sure they will be beautiful
I love Cackle Hatchery! ❤ It's a good thing I don't live within driving distance though.....I would STAY in trouble! I have 4 turkey chicks that I'm raising for meat and haven't decided on my heritage breed just yet. The baby bunnies are adorable, silver fox is also my chosen breed. You two are doing a fantastic job on the homestead, congratulations on becoming just that much more secure in food sustainability. It's a great feeling! ❤
I absolutely love watching you with the new babies. I have started my new homestead. I've had animals of some type all my life. Once I moved I started over because I'd been in town for 13 years. I had chickens and a put in a small catfish pond. Once my remaining 2 (10) year old hens died I started with 1 day old chicks.
I'm surprised people actually questioned you touching the baby bunnies. Not just in the case of meat rabbits, but even pet rabbits, you should check the babies everyday. Look at them, make sure they're being fed properly, and also for handling purposes, so that they get used to being handled by people. Handling the babies is actually 'really, really' important.
I am not kidding in the least when I tell you both, I am obsessed with your channel. I have binged watched you for a week now...saving all the recipe videos to help me with canning (I'm a newbie) and learning a lot about these animals. My husband and I watched your pig videos and learned so much about processing...we think we could do it. We know we could if it came to survival, for sure. Thank you both, from both of us, for sharing your journey with us. You two will be invaluable to us in our endeavor. ~Kelly & Michael
Great Video as always !!! This is going to be interesting to watch the different growth of the turkeys- still love watching the ducks come out though they just make me smile. Cheers Guys Denise - Australia
So funny how the 3 older ducks came out together and then the 6 young ducks came out in a line and waddled around in a close knit group. I guess there's safety in numbers. It's exciting to see the new baby turkeys.
i LOVE my Beltsville white heritage turkeys . i wouldnt have another chicken on my property if i had them before chickens. sooo smart and super friendly and they dont eat near as much feed as chickens, we feed ALL organic here so it helps.
My little grand daughter really likes your channel (6 years old). She says she likes all the animals! In the mornings before we start our homeschooling day, we watch homeschoolers or a video like yours while having breakfast. Then studies begin. Anyway, enjoying your videos!
Your turkey's look great. I ordered 15 bourbon reds from Cackle and they shorted me a turkey, had trouble with them on the phone. I used to live near Lebanon, MO. I always respected Cackle Hatchery, but I am disappointed in their customer service. Anyway our turkeys are doing great and yours looks great too. Enjoyed the video.
Hello, years ago I had Turkeys! I really enjoyed watching them. Huge size difference! So glad that you realize how uncertain our future is! The smart, prepared people will be ok. GOD bless
I love the blue slate turkey's the males are so majestic they're such a beautiful bird. Those broad-breasted look older than a week, it's been a long time since I've raised any but they're even feathering out. Down where I live we just about have to get ours through the mail there are no hatcheries really around here. But, hopefully one day I can have a place again and have animals on my property. Love watching you guys, God bless you, Jimmy
We Raise blue slates, Royal palms and red bourbons they are amazing foragers. We live in Ontario Canada and they even like snow and do really well in the cold. Good luck with your turkeys.
Good morning..I just love your channel.. always so inspirational... I would love to live off the land. U guys are living my dream. Beautiful animals ..I always watch the ads to support...
Feed will cost a fortune by fall!!! Even up here in North central WI the corn is only an inch tall. Nights are in 50s and days in 70s. My garden is behind as well as fruit. God Bless us all.....
My experience with turkey's was that they were the cheapest feed to meat ratio, as they had no interest in finishing their Starter Feed. They foraged for bugs, slugs and grubs, grasses etc. They slept up in the Poplar Tree's and we're quite sociable. I want to Thank you for the great Video's sharing your experiences.
I have a bantam hen. She lays an egg every day. Nice large brown ones. And she sets her eggs great when she's broody. Ms. Goodnight is her name and my Rooster is Reuben....True Grit.😊
Very interesting to see the difference in the sizes of the blue slate heritage and the broad breasted turkeys, and I gotta say they are cute, and baby bunny's more cuteness Awwwwwwwwwwwww
Great video! We are raising our own Broad Breasted White Turkeys for the first time.We have 7 right now and they seem very mellow and friendly compared to our chickens.Looking forward to seeing them grow into 30 lbs birds!
Hey folks, glad to see you got your turkeys home and they are doing well together. Momma Bunny has accepted you and she doesn't mind you checking on her babies. Your place sure looks good and all the animals you are raising will provide lots of meals for you all. Thanks so much for sharing with us.
My brother-in-law used to work for Jennie O. One day his baby turkeys escaped the shed. Because they considered him dad, they followed his footsteps in the snow from the shed to the house😊
I'm glad you got your turkeys, with an awesome garden and soon bacon you shouldn't go hungry, I would like to see how big the turkeys got in a month if you don't mind showing me
We got a few turkeys in the spring but lost all of them. Something got into their yard and killed them. We are planning on getting some more so I'm excited that you guys are raising them. I've always wanted to raise my own Thanksgiving turkey. Thank you for sharing the information. It saves me a lot of research time.
Your so lucky Sarah. Treasure it all. Kevin you're an outstanding husband and Father to aid and teach and love and care for your family and life...it's the true American way!
I just admire your farm. Fantastic work and love and care ! Keep doing what you're doing. Oh yeah he one thing I noticed is that you don't have horseradish growing! Have a safe trip! Can't wait to see the new additions❤️
Very nice video... I remember when the kids were little I raised ring neck peasant, Bantie chickens, & red bourbon turkey... what fun watching the kids & me lol watching these birds hatch out & grow...the turkeys would follow me all over the yard. Have a great day & thanks again
Thank you so much for sharing with us! My husband and I have considered getting turkeys, but we have delayed because it didn't seem very economical. I would love to see a cost breakdown when you harvest your broad breasted turkeys. Blessings to you and your family!
Fun video. This is about the same time frame I got 7 turkeys to start a Bourbon Red flock. I got 7 boys out of 7. Tough to raise a flock without girls...
Trent Nelsen Good choice. 👍 We visited a friend's farm last week and he has a great set up with his turkeys. They get to range large areas so they are healthy and strong. (If you clip one wing you don't need to have overhead netting. They fly in circles. If you clip both than they can manage to get up higher.) He likes the heritage breeds. He saw his neighbor raise a broad breasted turkey and it grew so fast that it could barely walk. (If it had lived any longer it wouldn't have been able to at all.) Those turkeys are artificially inseminated because their chests are so abnormally large that they can't breed. It sounded disgusting and inhumane. He would never raise those, says heritage are the way to go. I would think that if one is going back to a more natural and traditional way of life, one should avoid the big Ag methods.
Here at Dragon Hill Farms we've had chickens and ducks for almost 6 years and are thinking about adding some turkeys and maybe geese. With no experience with turkeys we'll be watching what you guys do with yours. We plan on doing the same mix of blue slates and broad breasted for the same reasons. Best of luck with the turkeys and thanks for such a great channel. We've learned so much from you.
A year ago this month I got blue slate,Royal Palm, and black Spanish turkeys from cackle hatchery. My blues late Tom is easily 40#'s probably more. He is great follows me everywhere andkeepsthe rooster and a Muscovy male from getting too close me. Only down side is he will attack women when they go into the pen. As for the best hatchers I use the Royal Palm hens to hatch everything . They stay on the nest and are very protective when they hatch. Good luck.
The ducks are so funny to watch they look like little miniature soldiers marching out.
I thought that as well
It's a duck posse!
I've always wanted a duck. 💜
As a retired farmer i enjoy these homestead videos. The excitement everyone has when trying something new reminds me of great days from childhood on. Farming is much better than video games 😁
Yes it is!!!!
Amen!
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I was dumb lost my account password. I would appreciate any tricks you can offer me
@Emmanuel Oscar Instablaster =)
@Axel Cohen I really appreciate your reply. I got to the site on google and Im in the hacking process now.
Takes quite some time so I will reply here later with my results.
You sure look happy. Never seen a video where you don't smile. It sure helps
Both of you are such great teachers, very organized with your info, very helpful and interesting. God bless
A cheerful and loving couple showing the world what real life looks like when folks work together... wow. Such a pleasure to watch!
You have so many exciting things going on at your homestead! Everything from how well your garden is progressing to the pigs, the baby ducks, the outdoor garden area, the baby bunnies and now the turkeys! It's exciting and I don't know how you keep up with everything.
You do a fantastic job and I'm happy to tag along on the journey and learn. Thank you so much!
CONGRATULATIONS, your videos with the animals are calming and fun to watch, thank you for sharing, cluck, cluck, quack, quack, gobble, gobble..Lol..
I have blue slate for the last five years, love them! You will be very happy with them!
At the beginning I noticed in the background, behind the coop there are some black walnut trees. Have you ever thought of trying to tap them to make syrup? If you haven't tried it yet, it is an amazing treat to have.
I love your turkey ,brings back a lot of memories . When I was a kid. Living with my grandparents, they hatched three turkeys. Only one lived so they gave him to me . I named him Bimbo .loved that little bird so much . Our neighbor's dog came to our place and that dog killed my little Bimbo . Was s sad day .
I love watching your videos . You are definitely living the best life . Lots of hard work , but so rewarding. So to you I say , take care , and God bless .
OMG, your baby turkeys and bunnies are SOOOO cute... It always cracks me up when you guys video letting your ducks out of their pen in the morning. The three original ducks always quack at you like, "Why the heck did it take you so long to let us out?!?"
I had a female wolf dog and a female turkey that we're best friends. It was so cute! They truely loved and respected each other
I just want to put a lounge chair under one of those trees behind you guys in the last part of the video. Looks so peaceful.
Those turkeys already look delicious. Sustainable is a wonderful goal for your fowl.
You and your family are wonderful. Please doing good
and praising our Lord. 😀
All the little animals are so cute, the baby rabbits as well as the little turkey babies :)
My Grandmother and Mother were born in Lebanon, Missouri. My Grandmothers family owned part of the land that is now part of Bennett Springs State Park.
Thats pretty cool. We've camped and fished at Bennett several times, its a beautiful park.
@@billquantrill4960 My family has had several reunions there. My Grandparents 50th anniversary gathering was held there. They are both gone now. Along with all my great Aunts and Uncles. With our family scattered throughout the Midwest, and without the older generations anchoring us to Missouri. We will probably never gather in MO again. But who knows maybe we will all travel over 700 miles just for the chance to see the old family homestead once again.
I remember the first time my grandmother pointed out her family members in the old black and white photos they had on display in the history display at the Park. My older siblings were working on their family tree project for their High School history class. We still have the photos somewhere, that my father took of the display photos.
In fact I am determined to make it back to Missouri some day. Lot of fun memories of visiting my Grandparents. Springfield, Ava, Neosha, Joplin are just a few of the town's my Grandparents lived in throughout my life time.
@@rachelgibson1858 Nice. Its great to know family history. We're about a year away from buying an acreage in southern Missouri. We now live in the central part of the sate but would like to get a hobby farm further south. Probably somewhere between Springfield and Cabool. I just want to avoid the areas where they allow all of the poultry barns. A few chickens are fine, but a thousand of them are pretty smelly.
@@billquantrill4960 LOL Yeah.
I live in Ohio on our family farm. The lands been in my father's family for over 100yrs. We stopped raising sheep around the time i was born in 79. Strictly a crop farm since. We have had chickens over the years. But currently have none.
The farmer just to the south was said to have sold his fields to a Poultry company. But so far no barns have been built. Fingers cross it never happens. I am a die hard country girl. I truly believe people have the right to do what they want with their own land. I just don't want to have to smell the poultry barns.
The babies are all so cute. I almost have my husband convinced to try raising rabbits with me in our suburban lot thanks to your videos. Lol
Cute cute cute! Love the babies of the farm! Nothing cuter.
Cool beans .... I'm going to enjoy watching these birds grow up ..... take care Kevin & Sarah .... have a great day.
The ducks are so funny. They always stick together don’t they. Love your channel
Thanks for the baby views!! Love the ducks....they crack me up.
I've raised meat rabbits🐇🐇 for 35 years and always handle the bunnies and no problem... I also love having turkeys,,, I need some babies. 🦃🦃
Turkey sounds are good for the homestead. Love Cackle Hatchery too by the way. 👍👍
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thanks for the 👍 for the water I always have a problem with the shaving getting in their water
Sarah, give is a tour of your flower garden again in the near future when you can squeeze it into a video. You planted so many beautiful flower seeds and we have only gotten a glimpse.
Chickens and roosters are happy! Glad you kept "Little Guy". Never seen baby turkeys before. So cute. You guys always make my day. God bless. 💜
your ducks are entertaining to watch, funny to see that they stuck to their clicks/ baby bunnies look adorable, can't wait to see them in a week or so once their eyes open/ the baby turkeys were interesting to see, with the 2 different breeds, looking forward to seeing the blue slates mature, I am sure they will be beautiful
I love Cackle Hatchery! ❤ It's a good thing I don't live within driving distance though.....I would STAY in trouble! I have 4 turkey chicks that I'm raising for meat and haven't decided on my heritage breed just yet. The baby bunnies are adorable, silver fox is also my chosen breed. You two are doing a fantastic job on the homestead, congratulations on becoming just that much more secure in food sustainability. It's a great feeling! ❤
I absolutely love watching you with the new babies. I have started my new homestead. I've had animals of some type all my life. Once I moved I started over because I'd been in town for 13 years. I had chickens and a put in a small catfish pond. Once my remaining 2 (10) year old hens died I started with 1 day old chicks.
Love all the animals. The babies are all so cute. The ducks always make me smile.
I'm surprised people actually questioned you touching the baby bunnies. Not just in the case of meat rabbits, but even pet rabbits, you should check the babies everyday. Look at them, make sure they're being fed properly, and also for handling purposes, so that they get used to being handled by people. Handling the babies is actually 'really, really' important.
I am not kidding in the least when I tell you both, I am obsessed with your channel. I have binged watched you for a week now...saving all the recipe videos to help me with canning (I'm a newbie) and learning a lot about these animals. My husband and I watched your pig videos and learned so much about processing...we think we could do it. We know we could if it came to survival, for sure. Thank you both, from both of us, for sharing your journey with us. You two will be invaluable to us in our endeavor. ~Kelly & Michael
Great Video as always !!! This is going to be interesting to watch the different growth of the turkeys- still love watching the ducks come out though they just make me smile. Cheers Guys Denise - Australia
this lady has an amazing smile!!!
So funny how the 3 older ducks came out together and then the 6 young ducks came out in a line and waddled around in a close knit group. I guess there's safety in numbers. It's exciting to see the new baby turkeys.
My PreK classed loved this video of the animals! Thanks again for your thoughtful teaching!
I do so enjoy watching chicken a ducks as they scurry along look forword to seeing the turkerys
You see the difference in the turkeys already
Hope all goes well with the blue slate turkeys.
We found that the chickens with a little Bantom in them are the only girs that go broody and they are good mama's.
two roos are good they work together to protect the flock.
i LOVE my Beltsville white heritage turkeys . i wouldnt have another chicken on my property if i had them before chickens. sooo smart and super friendly and they dont eat near as much feed as chickens, we feed ALL organic here so it helps.
My little grand daughter really likes your channel (6 years old). She says she likes all the animals! In the mornings before we start our homeschooling day, we watch homeschoolers or a video like yours while having breakfast. Then studies begin. Anyway, enjoying your videos!
Nice addition to the family. God Bless.
Your turkey's look great. I ordered 15 bourbon reds from Cackle and they shorted me a turkey, had trouble with them on the phone. I used to live near Lebanon, MO. I always respected Cackle Hatchery, but I am disappointed in their customer service. Anyway our turkeys are doing great and yours looks great too. Enjoyed the video.
Hello, years ago I had Turkeys! I really enjoyed watching them. Huge size difference! So glad that you realize how uncertain our future is! The smart, prepared people will be ok. GOD bless
Great decision to raise turkeys -- looking forward to watching them grow. The comparison of the two breeds will be enlightening.
I love the blue slate turkey's the males are so majestic they're such a beautiful bird. Those broad-breasted look older than a week, it's been a long time since I've raised any but they're even feathering out. Down where I live we just about have to get ours through the mail there are no hatcheries really around here. But, hopefully one day I can have a place again and have animals on my property. Love watching you guys, God bless you, Jimmy
We Raise blue slates, Royal palms and red bourbons they are amazing foragers. We live in Ontario Canada and they even like snow and do really well in the cold. Good luck with your turkeys.
( in gushy baby talk ) Those lil turkeys are SO cute!
Good morning..I just love your channel.. always so inspirational... I would love to live off the land. U guys are living my dream. Beautiful animals ..I always watch the ads to support...
Y’all are so strong. I raised chickens, loved them. But a fail....... I stopped eating chicken. But I loved the eggs.
Great job you two.
keep up the great work and vids.
You guys are my favorite homestead channel 😁 ! I love every video ! Thank you for sharing!
Feed will cost a fortune by fall!!! Even up here in North central WI the corn is only an inch tall. Nights are in 50s and days in 70s. My garden is behind as well as fruit. God Bless us all.....
Rhonda Richter us too in MN :(
We got four blue slates from Cackle, hatched on June 12th. Very healthy chicks. Reckon ya'll have some turkey cousins down here at Five Porch Farm Ms.
Oh my heart! I’m loving all the mornings y’all share waking up the animals on your homestead! ❤️
Awe! The bunny babies are so cute!
My experience with turkey's was that they were the cheapest feed to meat ratio, as they had no interest in finishing their Starter Feed. They foraged for bugs, slugs and grubs, grasses etc. They slept up in the Poplar Tree's and we're quite sociable.
I want to Thank you for the great Video's sharing your experiences.
I have a bantam hen. She lays an egg every day. Nice large brown ones. And she sets her eggs great when she's broody. Ms. Goodnight is her name and my Rooster is Reuben....True Grit.😊
I like to watch your videos because you're always doing so many different things. I love the little turkeys.
The pan with the waterer is an amazing idea!
Very interesting to see the difference in the sizes of the blue slate heritage and the broad breasted turkeys, and I gotta say they are cute, and baby bunny's more cuteness Awwwwwwwwwwwww
Great video! We are raising our own Broad Breasted White Turkeys for the first time.We have 7 right now and they seem very mellow and friendly compared to our chickens.Looking forward to seeing them grow into 30 lbs birds!
Looking forward to seeing them grow. Always Enjoy your guys videos
How fun! Beautiful baby bunnies!
Hey folks, glad to see you got your turkeys home and they are doing well together. Momma Bunny has accepted you and she doesn't mind you checking on her babies. Your place sure looks good and all the animals you are raising will provide lots of meals for you all. Thanks so much for sharing with us.
They are so precious.
My brother-in-law used to work for Jennie O. One day his baby turkeys escaped the shed. Because they considered him dad, they followed his footsteps in the snow from the shed to the house😊
Hehe those baby bunnies are so adorable.
I'm glad you got your turkeys, with an awesome garden and soon bacon you shouldn't go hungry, I would like to see how big the turkeys got in a month if you don't mind showing me
We got a few turkeys in the spring but lost all of them. Something got into their yard and killed them. We are planning on getting some more so I'm excited that you guys are raising them. I've always wanted to raise my own Thanksgiving turkey. Thank you for sharing the information. It saves me a lot of research time.
Look forward to them growing up ,love the ducks
Yes, been waiting for the turkey journey!
Your so lucky Sarah. Treasure it all. Kevin you're an outstanding husband and Father to aid and teach and love and care for your family and life...it's the true American way!
I cant wait to watch your turkeys grow up! I also love how the ducks stay together in packs.. Its so fun to watch them run around!
they are so cute. I have a little experience with turkeys and chickens.I had to help pluck the feathers.
I just admire your farm. Fantastic work and love and care ! Keep doing what you're doing. Oh yeah he one thing I noticed is that you don't have horseradish growing! Have a safe trip! Can't wait to see the new additions❤️
Omg those baby bunnies❤❤❤ plus those baby broad breasted turkeys look like little velociraptors!
Very nice video... I remember when the kids were little I raised ring neck peasant, Bantie chickens, & red bourbon turkey... what fun watching the kids & me lol watching these birds hatch out & grow...the turkeys would follow me all over the yard. Have a great day & thanks again
I love the trilling sound the baby turkeys make! I raised midget white turkeys a few years ago the only problem I had was them flying over fences.
Good luck with the turkeys! Thanks for sharing.
I look forward to watching your Turkey babies grow up. It's always exciting to have new babies on the homestead!
I love you. You are great teachers. Learning more in depth from you. Thank you.
Thank you so much for sharing with us! My husband and I have considered getting turkeys, but we have delayed because it didn't seem very economical. I would love to see a cost breakdown when you harvest your broad breasted turkeys. Blessings to you and your family!
Love what you guys are doing cheers
Blue slate turkeys are one of my favorites
Both of these breeds are so mellow! They look pretty intelligent, or alert, too. 🦃 🦃 🦃💕
Do they eat ticks, or other insects? That would be a plus!
Hatcheries often give an extra to cover any possible losses. I want to try ducks and turkeys.
What a blessing
Love your videos and always share.👍👍👍👍👍
Love the video..... You should see if they will let you make a video of the whole facility like a behind the scene tour of the hatchery.
Fun video. This is about the same time frame I got 7 turkeys to start a Bourbon Red flock. I got 7 boys out of 7. Tough to raise a flock without girls...
Shalom! This is a very nice tutorial. I appreciate you Kevin and Sarah. Thank you and blessings to you and yours!
I got my Bourbon Red turkeys from Cackle Hatchery this spring!
Trent Nelsen Good choice. 👍 We visited a friend's farm last week and he has a great set up with his turkeys. They get to range large areas so they are healthy and strong. (If you clip one wing you don't need to have overhead netting. They fly in circles. If you clip both than they can manage to get up higher.) He likes the heritage breeds. He saw his neighbor raise a broad breasted turkey and it grew so fast that it could barely walk. (If it had lived any longer it wouldn't have been able to at all.) Those turkeys are artificially inseminated because their chests are so abnormally large that they can't breed. It sounded disgusting and inhumane. He would never raise those, says heritage are the way to go. I would think that if one is going back to a more natural and traditional way of life, one should avoid the big Ag methods.
Interesting. Looking forward to seeing those turkeys 'grow up'. :)
What a bunch of guys 😀😀😀
Yes that's was an exciting video!
Here at Dragon Hill Farms we've had chickens and ducks for almost 6 years and are thinking about adding some turkeys and maybe geese. With no experience with turkeys we'll be watching what you guys do with yours. We plan on doing the same mix of blue slates and broad breasted for the same reasons. Best of luck with the turkeys and thanks for such a great channel. We've learned so much from you.
A year ago this month I got blue slate,Royal Palm, and black Spanish turkeys from cackle hatchery. My blues late Tom is easily 40#'s probably more. He is great follows me everywhere andkeepsthe rooster and a Muscovy male from getting too close me. Only down side is he will attack women when they go into the pen. As for the best hatchers I use the Royal Palm hens to hatch everything . They stay on the nest and are very protective when they hatch. Good luck.