Want To Raise Pastured Turkey?? - Watch This First!!
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
- Their are some essentials you should know before raising pastured turkey. Here is what we learned so far...
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CLICK 'SHOW MORE' FOR RESOURCES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We generally only try to reply to comments the first 24 hours after the video aired due to the amount of comments we receive. Feel free to get in touch with us via facebook or email.
Support us and become a Patron:
/ swehomestead
Link to our Facebook Page: / swedishhomestead
My parents' blog: www.derhofamsee.wordpress.com
Do you like what you see? You can make a donation to our channel here:
/ 117708921611213
_
You can support us for FREE by shopping on Amazon via this link: amzn.to/2iT3N3Q
_
Tools I use daily
Leatherman Surge: amzn.to/2jm6dbJ
Hultafors Utility Knife amzn.to/2q7miSe
Head Lamp Petzl Pixa 3: amzn.to/2iPEjjR (during winter time)
_
Clothes I use:
Merino wool / no smell long underwear: amzn.to/2iMl4Lr
Merino wool / no smell long sleeve shirt: amzn.to/2iOt904
www.pfanner-aus...
_
Other Tools We Use / Are Planning To Get
Carpentry:
Hultafors Handsaw: amzn.to/2mj4mT0
Hultafors Hammer: amzn.to/2nfOrsA
Stanley Level: amzn.to/2nlEgzD
Stanley Measuring Tape: amzn.to/2n0YzFi
Axes:
Gränsfors Bruk Small Forest Axe: amzn.to/2iSuXrm
Gränsfors Scandinavian Forest Axe: amzn.to/2hZUvU1
Gränsfors Carpenters Axe: amzn.to/2iOjFlK
Fiskars Splitting Axe: amzn.to/2j1ieA4
Battery Driven:
Hitachi 18V Drill: amzn.to/2iOrcku
Knifes & Pruning:
Mora Knife: amzn.to/2iSziuK
Felco Hand Pruner: amzn.to/2i3aQp9
Silky Handsaw: amzn.to/2iSC5Eo
Swiss Army Knife: amzn.to/2imOCfs
Garden Tools:
Dutch High Quality Garden Tools: www.sneeboer.co...
Fiskars Light Weight Rake: amzn.to/2iOxO2g
Wolf-Garten Hand Trowel: amzn.to/2iOALQb
Soil Blocker: amzn.to/2mff2nU
_
Poultry Equipment
Bell Waterer: amzn.to/2iSwDBa (we use a different brand)
Electric Poultry Netting: amzn.to/2iSwP3m
Solar Energizer: amzn.to/2iSDXww
Poultry Leg Bands: amzn.to/2iMvFGn
Water Nipples: amzn.to/2iFC7Mm
Ceramic Infrared Heater: amzn.to/2jDjfle
Why do I like watching this guy work? I don't know but I find these videos very relaxing and interesting. With all of the news around the world making the world seem a horrible place it is nice to relax and watch regular people from around the world live a nice life.
I have a shade cloth covering even the front part of my chicken tractor and it seems like since it is shaded all over the tractor they are not as picky about being in the darker part. Additionally I put some perches about half way up the sides in the shelter part. It seems like the pleasure of perching helps them overcome the darkness.
Great that you mentioned the need for grit. It is something that I originally overlooked. Since they were being fed a crumble as the protein supplement it just didn't occur to me. Once again a great informative video.
Fun video Simeon, I am researching where I can purchase pastured chickens and turkey. There is such a difference in quality and taste that warrant the extra cost. Many of your tips and suggestions worked well in the garden this year. Thank you and keep up the good work.
Animals are something else! Thanks, Simeon.
Howdy from Texas. Thanks for the information. I’m raising turkeys this year for the first time.
How did it go? Central Texas here
This is great information. It seems like every time my family is talking about doing something on our property, you post a video about that very same subject! I was literally talking about ordering turkeys, for the first time this Spring, just last night. Thank you so much for this valuable information!
Helpful video, thanks! This is my first year raising turkeys for food so I'm enjoying your vids :)
I just got a chuckle out of Thanksgiving in Sweden; love your show!
Thank you for the information as I will be raising my own turkeys this year.
I can see the turkeys liking light. Chickens (wild) would live under brush where it was dark. Turkeys (wild) would live in the open and roost in the trees where there was light and they could see all around.
bitsnpieces11 chickens roost too
I heard if you sing to the turkeys at dusk each night they will sleep through the night and grow quicker. I will be waiting for the video of you singing to the turkeys. I think Sally could use a few songs also.
ty bud your a bunch of help for my family an me !!!
I can’t wait to do turkeys I just raised and processed 30 jumbo Cornish cross filled my freezer and gave mom 14 gallon freezer bags full and my brother the same I love ground turkey meat instead of ground beef so looking forward to trying to raise some wish I had the land to do tractors but I don’t only have a 8x24 leanto so I go thru a lot of shavings 🤷♀️ oh well we do what we can with what we have
Thank you for sharing this good idea
Now that is really something I never would have thought that Turkeys are scared of the dark. Thanks for all the great information you give out you are really a great guy.
To improve the light inside the poultry tractor-why not replace the corrugated metal pieces with corrugated fiberglass panels that are transparent or translucent-that would allow more light while still blocking water and wind
you could use clear corrugated roofing on the back!
You took the words out of my mouth; we had the same problem that was solved by changing to the clear panels. Some were so used to being in the open sections and ultimately perished by staying in the open (Darwin wins that argument) but the majority remained back in the protected area.
@@randallgillespie9243 doesn't that over heat them?
Also I would just put a small light in the back. Unless you can't reach your tractor.
You could try adding some cheap solar lights in it.
Tack. Good music and helpful.
Thanks for all the great info... as always!
Turkeys might be the way to go for me for a meat bird for next season.
and yeah... I was thinking you could do half and half steel / plastic transparent corrugated for them... I see someone else beat me to the comment.. :)
So interesting, we own a property that once raised 35,000 birds a year, they shipped all over the country. They raised the birds out of doors, but I believe they were grain fed. The soil is rich in nutrients even after being vacant for years.
Ok I’ve subscribed 😍😍🥰😘😘🥰😘
I use cattle panels as a hoop house then, a white tarp over the top, leaving the sides open for air flow. Never too dark or hot. Then I let them into a fenced in area to graze daily.
Also, lawnmower clippings dumped as bedding and feed.
A ten foot rain gutter suspended on 8 inch cinder blocks gives them a great water trough with lots of room for their big ugly heads 👍
The new camera and audio equipment is really noticeable on this video. You can hear the turkeys as if they were on the other side of my computer screen.
Turkey birds has sweeter meat than chicken . I want to keep them with chicken but I want first to learn of how to raise them when they are young. Thank you for the video.
What about replacing the tin with plexiglass?
Add solar turnstile motors on wheels and the turkey tractor could wander about on a guide wire for days!
I thought about that. It would be an amazing labor and hastle saver, but I'm pretty sure they'd get their feet stuck under the following edge... Might be able to make some sort of "cow-catcher' style guard. If you can figure it out it'd be the way to go.
Also, you need the edges tight to the ground to keep out weasels and stuff, and lift up a little to move. Could probably solve that one too, but it'd be tricky.
I don't use tractors because the ground needs to be super even for a good seal.
... although... I haven't done turkeys yet. These guys look like they could bite a weasels head off and eat it.
Ive owned chickens for 7 years going on 8, ive owned ducks for 3 years, ive owned rabbits for 5 years, ive owned sheep for 2 years, had my dutch shepherd mix for two and a half years, guarding them, from coyotes, raccoons, and even beat a pit bull in a fight who was harassing the ducks, need less to say Im planning to get royal palm turkeys this July can’t wait
Great video. Please what is the name of the music/song used?
Can I just leave them in a fixed pen and feed my lawn clippings?
Dd u have video on making an egg incubator?
Check out John Suscovich RUclips Chanel on the chicken tractors he built and that design, it may work out for you and you could build very easy.
+Marvin Haak you are right. Those would work better.
I was going to make the same recommendation. IMO John's design would be better for turkey as well. Higher, and with a lighter colored tarp the turkeys should be more comfortable.
John disco inch
Why not have plastic see through roofing for the turkeys? If you plan on raising them more, id say a plastic see through tractor would be worth the investment.
How long do they have to be in there to be called "pastured"? You got them at 3 wks old. You kept them in barn another 3 wks. Then you bring them in barn 3 wks before slaughter. That's 30-40% of their life not on pasture?
My turkeys free ranged on a fenced half acre. They bed down with the chickens every night, preferring to perch above the ground. They thought they were chickens. Have you tried letting them roam outside a tractor?
with all the wood you have sitting around just build a new "A-Frame Turkey Tractor"..
If you want birds that eat a lot of GRASS...what about a GOOSE tractor, would that even work?
Inquiring minds want to KNOW! Geese are said to get up to 90% of their food needs from grass, a low cost meat for sure.
Can't turkey freerang like hens do?
Shouldn't those be "turkey tractors"?
I made mine tall thinking ahead lol
Would a solar light help at night .If it's warm and they prefer a lighted spot this might work .I so want to try turkeys and can hardly wait .
If I had to do a portable system it would allow 5x10 times more area.
I have 14 turkeys and just 7 seem to want at least that much. My Turkeys deserve the best I can give them which is way more features and space.
Its sad the turkeys on this channel don’t have at least perches to be on….no flying at all sounds sad.
Grass fed turkeys vs. 'normal' turkeys? I would say wild turkeys are normal, but grass fed turkeys are much more nearly normal than the factory farm raised kind which are clearly ABnormal.
Be ready by thanksgiving?
Whoops you answered it at the end!
Is Thanksgiving a holiday in Sweden?
Susan Nielsen he mentioned in a previous video, but his wife is American, so they celebrate thanksgiving. Cheers
Good luck why less? maybe you did not sell enough or eat all from last year
Clear plastic roof?
What breed are they? White holland
Hi John I am creating a poultry project in east Africa I wanted information where to buy fertilize eggs of different type breed bird in Sweden, because me I do live in Sweden but I am helping orphanage in east Africa and I building a farm to feed the children so please can you help me with contact of breeders in Sweden
Thank you so much and also I am one of you fan in RUclips.
Mahad....did you get your project started????
Call who know me Lumnah Acres and View their chicken coop series on chicken contractors
That is a cruel way to handle your turkeys, grabbing them by the leg and pulling them. Our turkeys have been handled since chicks and like to be hugged and pet, and sit in our laps. We would never just grab them by the leg and pull them. They're very sweet animals. At the end of your video when you show your turkeys in their tiny pen, they are distress calling. They're not happy.
Our turkeys free range and are very social and love to be around people.
nope I don't want to raise turkeys they grow wild here in Maine.
My opinion....keeping turkeys in a chicken tractor like this is cruel. They need more headroom, and turkeys crave a roost at night even more than chickens.
I love your channel, but I will never agree with turkeys being kept in that condition. I raise turkeys, ducks, and chickens and we both know they get MUCH taller than that. They like to walk around with their heads high. This is inhumane.
BARELY SEE SOME TURKEYS ON THIS VIDEO....
0