Keeping turkeys

Raising turkeys is a great way to provide meat for your family. Here you can learn how to raise turkeys in your backyard.

Learn to feed young turkeys a healthy diet that supports their rapid growth, according to these authentic 1800's instructions!

It is important to consider the needs of a turkey in providing a safe and secure refuge. A turkey shelter needs to be draft free to start.

Some turkeys are more cold-hardy than others. If you live in an area with harsh winters, do try to find a breed known to be cold-hardy.

Tips for Raising Chickens, Ducks, and Turkeys Together. Learn how to care for and manage these different poultry species in harmony.

Baby turkeys are called poults and they are raised almost identically to chicks with a few important differences.

The turkey is native to North America. In many places, these wild birds still roam the countryside. In spring, the tom's call can be heard in the woodland. In fall, flocks scour harvested grain fields

It is widely believed that chickens will give blackhead disease to turkeys and wipe out your flock, but that's not the whole story.

We prize turkeys for their delicious meat and that’s about it. Why don't we eat turkey eggs? Let’s dig in and figure this one out together.

Information and pictures on the turkey, what you need to know to keep one as a pet.