Bourbon Red x
Slate Turkeys
My turkeys will produce a variety of colours in their offspring but I have found that the slate
colour is most common but other colours such as tan and bronze occur. Bronze turkey eggs will produce all bronze poults.
www.feathersite.com has useful information on colours available. Some of which are not currently available
in the UK and some colours are called different things in USA but its still a good site. The Turkey Club UK is also a good
site to find out more about these lovable birds.
Classed
as a light breed of turkey, these still make a good weight if rearing for meat.
Excellent layers, achieving results a hen would
be proud of! They do go broody but are daft as brushes so I wouldn't recommend trying to rear poults under them.
Docile, trainable birds with lots of character.
Turkey poults
must be fed on turkey crumb followed by turkey grower. They need the extra protein in the feed to help them grow properly
and will not do well on normal poultry grower rations.
Worming is recommended for turkey poults as with
peafowl at around 3 weeks old even if kept indoors.
