Turkeys in Home Conditions

Today, turkeys in the home are bred in many countries, and once the breeding of this largest poultry was practiced only by the Maya Indians in Mexico, from whom it was the only pet until Europeans discovered America.

Then the breeding of turkeys at home was widespread in Europe, Russia and other countries. Domestic turkeys are much larger than wild ones - the live weight of an adult turkey reaches thirty-five to forty kilograms. Today, domestic turkeys are found in many household plots and are considered the largest poultry.

Breeding turkeys at home has its own specific characteristics. In a personal farm, various birds are bred, but the smallest turkeys are the most capricious.

Freshly hatched turkeys are placed in a box, the bottom of which is covered with hay or small shavings, but not a newspaper. On paper, the paws of the chicks go off and get injured, and since the turkey can not normally drink and eat, it dies.

The temperature in the box should be 37 degrees, so the newly hatched turkeys are kept under a lamp, which is not attached from above, but to the side, so that the chick can choose where to settle it.

Within two weeks, the lighting in the box must be round the clock. Water in the water bowl should be changed two or three times a day and be at room temperature. In order to disinfect the gastrointestinal tract, twice a week the chicks are given a pale pink solution of potassium permanganate.

Turkeys at home should receive a balanced diet, so it is better to buy ready-mixed fodder PK-2 and PK-5 - this is an ideal option. If there is no full-feed, then the best option is to make a mixture of crushed pea and corn wheat, with each component being 60%, 30% and 10%, respectively. In this mixture is added sugar or glucose, cottage cheese and hard boiled egg.

From the age of three months, turkeys are prepared with barnacles on fermented milk or vice versa and they add greens, potatoes, fish, cottage cheese and grated carrots to them. Wet pouches are sour very soon, so they need to be cooked before feeding and in no case should they be prepared for stock. It is necessary to give food in such quantity that the turkey will eat it in about half an hour. Feed chicks often - up to seven times a day, but gradually the amount of feeding is reduced and brought up to four times. If feeding the chicks with barnyards is troublesome, then when using mixed fodders no problems arise.

For the cultivation of young plants, a large number of various additives are being sold - Aminovitan, Ryabinushka, which must be added to the feed. At the age of three weeks the turkey begin to fly and can fly over the fence.

Turkeys at home should be kept in compliance with all sanitary standards, that is, one square meter should contain no more than fifty daily turkeys and constantly clean the box or simply add hay or chips to the next layer.

With the growth of turkeys are planted. The first two weeks are considered the most difficult period in life turkeys. It is very important during this period to keep them correctly and must be vaccinated for preventive purposes. It is better to buy turkeys at the age of 10-14 days, because by this time they will be stronger on their feet and will already be provazionirovany.

The second difficult period begins at the bird in 3-4 months. At this time, the turkeys develop secondary sexual characteristics, they are weakened and easily catch cold. That birds do not get sick, let them out in the cool or windy weather is not worth it. It's good to give them vitamins and finely chopped green onions, which the turkeys like very much.

Adult turkeys at home usually do not cause any trouble. These are important birds who consider themselves to be the main ones in the yard. Feeding them is also very simple - they can gladly peck grain, bran and even kitchen waste.

Turkeys are bred almost exclusively for the sake of very valuable and delicious dietary meat, considered a delicacy.