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Raising Your Own Turkeys (A Garden Way publishing book)

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Taught me every thing, about how to care for the turkeys. Talked about what to do incase of ...... A best buy for anyone that wants to raise turkeys. Other books just skimed over turkeys this one went in debth. I lost 6 turkeys out of 8 one year without this book. Now I know how to keep them all alive.

This book is an introduction to small-scale turkey farming. It is geared to the backyard farmer or older 4H student who has never raised turkeys before. It begins with a description of housing needs for turkeys, which includes building plans for a poultry house and sun porch. It describes poults, brooding, and flock management. The book includes plans for a variety of equipment, such as homemade feeders, waterers, and incubators. There are chapters on breeding, health, killing and processing, and preserving and cooking, as well as a small collection of recipes. At the back of the book is a glossary, a list of references, a list of state extension departments, a list of suppliers, and a list of diagnostic laboratories.

The text is written for readers who have some animal sense and some basic experience with building things by hand. Technical terms and processes are explained both in the text and with diagrams. All in all, it is a clear introduction and should prove useful to the beginning turkey farmer.

This is an older book but the information is relevant if you are looking to raise turkeys in a commercial manner.

What this book is not is helpful for is a more free range approach. For that you will probably need to look earlier or more recently.

This book focuses on production turkeys and not heritage type breeds or less intensive types of management.

Good book. Basic to high level intermediate level information. Older, yet valid. Looking forward to putting the information into practice.