So I wanted to ask about raising turkeys...? Thank you ahead of time.
What got me curious to ask about them is that I'd learned how geese are much more feed efficient than ducks and chickens. You can raise geese on practically nothing, since they can eat grass... and that grass really is a normal part of their daily food intake. So you can raise them with only having to buy feed in winter, and for training them to come and go with treats.
So this efficiency of how some other birds are more efficient, got me thinking about turkeys... Are turkeys like this in some way? Or do they have some advantages like geese that chickens don't have? I was curious if they can be raised cheaply also?
Also can turkeys be kept quiet for some types of breeds? Or are any of their breeds quieter than others?
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In the old stories from the old west, people wrote that the indians in New Mexico raised turkeys naturally on their own before the whites came in. They were their 'poultry'. I was very curious to read this; specifically the pueblo indians. Does this mean turkeys can forage from sage brushy like arid, semi-arid areas? (This I find interesting to ask because its a game to try to find which poultry can forage on their own and in which climates to save on feed...)
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Thank you.
What got me curious to ask about them is that I'd learned how geese are much more feed efficient than ducks and chickens. You can raise geese on practically nothing, since they can eat grass... and that grass really is a normal part of their daily food intake. So you can raise them with only having to buy feed in winter, and for training them to come and go with treats.
So this efficiency of how some other birds are more efficient, got me thinking about turkeys... Are turkeys like this in some way? Or do they have some advantages like geese that chickens don't have? I was curious if they can be raised cheaply also?
Also can turkeys be kept quiet for some types of breeds? Or are any of their breeds quieter than others?
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In the old stories from the old west, people wrote that the indians in New Mexico raised turkeys naturally on their own before the whites came in. They were their 'poultry'. I was very curious to read this; specifically the pueblo indians. Does this mean turkeys can forage from sage brushy like arid, semi-arid areas? (This I find interesting to ask because its a game to try to find which poultry can forage on their own and in which climates to save on feed...)
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Thank you.
