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2017年7月21日 · Overall wild turkeys are light and flighty, their feathers also pull out super easily; a natural defense against predators. Also they look like dinosaurs. Their heads are narrower and.... just look at the pictures. Wild turkey 101: Never ever agravate a broody wild turkey! Their eyes are red for a reason.
Raising Wild turkeys from Hatchery - BackYard Chickens
2009年6月22日 · Quote: i will agree hatchery birds are for the most part not wild.. however i will disagree about genetics as i have personally seen wild eggs rescued from a hay field after the mother was hit with a haybine that were incubated and the chicks released at approx 3 months old and those chicks with no parents went on to survive and make a huntable population of turkey in a wood lot that was not ...
Found wild turkey chick, will raise it. Any tips?
2020年10月22日 · Wild turkey chicks are also quite difficult to raise as they often won't eat regular chick feed or drink properly in a contained setting. As the others stated please contact your local Fish & wildlife or wildlife rehabilitator and hand it over. As it's a game bird/wildlife it may be illegal to keep in your state without a permit.
Raising Eastern Wild Turkeys? - BackYard Chickens
2009年6月19日 · The eastern Wild turkey are mostly all dark meat including the breast, but the breast will not be as big as any broad breasted varieties, at least that is my understanding. Please correct anything I have wrong here as I know very little, just what I've read or experienced or by information passed onto to me from others.
Hatching and Raising Wild Turkeys - BackYard Chickens
2008年5月25日 · 6. We are going to let our next batch of poults out into the wild. We are going to wait until they are a year old to let them go, but that's us. 7. Some people feed a game starter and some people feed them just a normal turkey starter with some extra nutrients. I would go with the game starter, it's probably alot better.
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2017年2月14日 · I am interested raising Eastern or Rio Grande Wild turkeys in north Texas for purpose of re-stocking the wildlife in that county and eating a few. I have seen blogs of people doing this but I can't find where to get the first birds or …
help! Raising wild turkey poults caught from the wild
2020年4月23日 · I once had a wild turkey poult wonder into my coop. He was very young like yours, and just sitting in a corner of the coop. I put him the empty brooder with heat and food and water, and then called the local wildlife rescue and release organization. They are knowledgeable about raising wild birds, and were willing to take him to raise and release.
Will wild turkeys bother my chickens? - BackYard Chickens
2009年4月23日 · I have 3 hens and a wild Turkey shows up every once in a while. Today I had them all out in the yard once and everyone was just doing their own thing, but today the Turkey showed up and I opened the chicken coop so they could come out. The Turkey immediately went after the chickens and tried to kill one. I scared him off and away from my property.
raising wild Turkeys information appreciated - BackYard Chickens
2008年4月12日 · Any of the following from any area outside the state of Alabama: any member of the family Cervidae (to include but not be limited to deer, elk, moose, caribou), species of coyote, species of fox, species of raccoon, species of skunk, wild rodent, or strain of wild turkey, black bear (Ursus Americanus), mountain lion (Felis concolor), bobcat ...
OMG...I Think I Have a Baby WILD Turkey...see pics..
2015年4月16日 · Keep it away from any drafts and pray. I don't know anything about keeping wild turkeys if in fact that is what you have but I would assume that you could raise it just like any other turkey. Maybe someone else will have some more info to share.