Is it worth keeping turkeys at your dacha: you should think about these nuances in advance – there are certain subtleties
You can raise poultry on your property even if you don’t have much experience in this area.
It is believed that turkey meat and eggs are the most delicious and healthy.
But how to keep these massive birds and can a summer resident cope with this task?
Let's turn to the opinion of the expert of the online publication "Belnovosti" and agronomist Anastasia Kovrizhnykh.
What You Need to Know About Turkeys
There are different breeds of this bird - light, medium and heavy. They weigh from 12 to 30 kg.
It is quite difficult to create a suitable poultry house - it must be light, spacious, dry, well ventilated and with a temperature of about 20 degrees.
It is better to buy chicks in late April or early May so that by autumn they will have gained the necessary weight for slaughter. Choose birds without signs of disease.
The bird is fed oats, wheat, barley, peas, corn, bran and bone meal.
Earlier we wrote about what to do with fruit trees in February.
