Turkeys?

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Thank you!
If blackhead exists on your land, then you can’t keep chickens with turkeys. If it isn’t there, then it’s fine to keep them together.
Thank you! I'll start checking around, though nearly nobody keeps turkeys around here.
 

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I'm considering going for Beltsville Small Whites, because the closest person to have them as far as I can tell is in Oklahoma (I'm in Idaho). But I have heard their taste is bland compared to Midget Whites? It is hard to find any info on them because the two are commonly confused.
 

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Cornish Cross meat chicken is bland too. I feed the ones I raise on fermented feed. My customers tell me how much better it is than store bought.

So maybe you could feed your turkeys fermented feed.
 

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Cornish Cross meat chicken is bland too. I feed the ones I raise on fermented feed. My customers tell me how much better it is than store bought.

So maybe you could feed your turkeys fermented feed.

My turkeys get a little fermented grains and fruit when I brew beer and make wine. Ofcourse they look like this afterwards ---> o_O
 

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Drunk turkeys.......take pictures! I had a pet raccoon when I was a kid. My Daddy gave him Jack Daniels in a teaspoon, he lapped it up. The raccoon took the spoon and licked it, then started running into the walls, hunching his back up like a cat and prancing sideways.
 

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Drunk turkeys.......take pictures! I had a pet raccoon when I was a kid. My Daddy gave him Jack Daniels in a teaspoon, he lapped it up. The raccoon took the spoon and licked it, then started running into the walls, hunching his back up like a cat and prancing sideways.
You had a pet racoon, of course you did. What was I thinking?
 
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