TURKEYS https://facebook/groups/1469272499967121/ If you are planning on raising turkeys at home but are still in doubt because you are not sure whether it will be a good idea, you must first consider the reasons why you should pursue your plans. Turkeys can be a fun, profitable addition to a small farm or homestead. They are usually raised for meat, although some people like to keep a tom (a mature male turkey) around as a pet. Before you decide to add turkeys to your farm, here are the basics on raising them the right way. When not needed for hatching turkey eggs can be used as human food. Eggs are palatable and weeks of nutritious as chicken eggs. Hatching period is 28 days. With proper care turkeys attain 4 kg body weight at about 12-14 age. Although body weight increases with advancement of age, feed efficiency is adversely affected. At 20-24 weeks of age they attain a body weight of 8 to 9 kg. Feed efficiency is naturally poor for small turkeys than large turkeys. you can house them or do free range Free range system of rearing turkeys Advantages • It reduces the feed cost by fifty percent. • Low investment • Cost benefit ratio is high.
Posted on: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 09:37:24 +0000
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