Some people never consider raising turkeys at home because they think it will be to difficult but the truth is that after the turkeys are a couple of months old it is very easy to do. The hardest part of raising turkeys is in the first couple of months because you need to ensure that the baby turkeys are getting the proper nutrition and stay warm enough. If this sounds difficult to you the option of buying turkeys that are a little bit older is always available to you. However if you want to start raising turkeys for a small amount of money it is best to either start raising turkeys with either newborn turkeys or eggs that need to be hatched.
There are a lot of different reasons to consider raising turkeys and here are three of them.
1. Raising turkeys as a means for food and to make extra money
Turkey is not just for the holidays anymore it is eaten in many forms throughout the year. It makes a wonderful thin sliced lunch meat,can be used in place of roasts, and makes a healthy ground meat.
Turkey that you have raised can also be sold for a profit if you are doing a decent amount of turkey farming.
2. Having turkeys for pets
While many people raise turkeys for food some actually keep their turkeys as pets. Some folks raise turkeys for both food and to keep as pets.
Although there is an abundance of turkey breeds there are only 2 main ones, wild and domestic. The wild turkeys do just what they sound like, live out in the wild. Wild turkeys have the ability to be able to fly if needed and are consider by some the smarter of the two turkeys. Domestic turkeys are the ones you find on your kitchen table and they are not able to fly. Both turkeys have different physical traits and taste different as well.
3. Raising turkeys to help control pests and bugs
Turkey's diets are varied depending on the turkeys needs at the time but they like to eat berries, leaves, grass seeds and lots of bugs including ticks, mosquitoes, and flies as well as many others. This makes turkeys great as a means of pest control and it also makes feeding turkeys easier then ever.
There are a lot of different reasons to consider raising turkeys and here are three of them.
1. Raising turkeys as a means for food and to make extra money
Turkey is not just for the holidays anymore it is eaten in many forms throughout the year. It makes a wonderful thin sliced lunch meat,can be used in place of roasts, and makes a healthy ground meat.
Turkey that you have raised can also be sold for a profit if you are doing a decent amount of turkey farming.
2. Having turkeys for pets
While many people raise turkeys for food some actually keep their turkeys as pets. Some folks raise turkeys for both food and to keep as pets.
Although there is an abundance of turkey breeds there are only 2 main ones, wild and domestic. The wild turkeys do just what they sound like, live out in the wild. Wild turkeys have the ability to be able to fly if needed and are consider by some the smarter of the two turkeys. Domestic turkeys are the ones you find on your kitchen table and they are not able to fly. Both turkeys have different physical traits and taste different as well.
3. Raising turkeys to help control pests and bugs
Turkey's diets are varied depending on the turkeys needs at the time but they like to eat berries, leaves, grass seeds and lots of bugs including ticks, mosquitoes, and flies as well as many others. This makes turkeys great as a means of pest control and it also makes feeding turkeys easier then ever.
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There is something great to be said about raising turkeys in your own back yard. Once you have figured out how to go about correctly feeding turkeys and taking care of them you will find yourself enjoying a fun and rewarding experience.
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