Indiesian meat at all times was considered quite valuable and useful. In addition, the dimensions of an adult turkey guarantee a lot of meat from one individual. Among those who took up the breeding of birds who want to breed precisely turkeys are not enough. But, there are those who, having tried to do this, at first glance with a simple business, refused quite quickly.
And yet, if you follow exactly all the instructions for breeding this large poultry, then it will not be difficult to achieve the desired result. Since the conditions in which turkeys should contain mainly similar to the conditions for poultry, except, however, some important requirements.
What are the features of the content of turkeys
For such a large poultry as turkey, it is important that there is enough light, fresh air in the room reserved for its maintenance. There should be dry, there should not be drafts, in order to avoid poultry diseases.
The most susceptible to the cold of the turkey. If you do not create appropriate conditions for them, you can lose a whole brood. And it is especially important that the room is quite spacious. A bird like a turkey is prone to obesity, so it should move more. It is calculated that the optimal area of the floor, for one individual, should be approximately one and a half meters of square in the area.
In the cold season, difficulties in the content of data from birds are that you need to protect them as much as possible from the influence of the difference in air temperatures and at the same time ensure the access of fresh air into the room where they are contained. Therefore, for ventilation, you should choose days when there is no strong wind, and the weather is relatively warm.
For the summer period, the most suitable temperature in the chicken coop should be close to 20 degrees. In the winter season, it should be ensured that the temperature in it does not drop below minus five degrees. The limit of low temperature for the conditions of maintenance of turkeys ranges from -15 or -20 degrees. The optimal temperature for carrying eggs in this species of birds is + 5 degrees.
The recommended option for arranging a house:
• the gender of the house is best covered with large shavings or straw and periodically change it;
• in the house itself there should be containers with ash and sand, for bathing birds;
• It is necessary to equip feeders and boots for birds and regularly clean them and change water so as not to provoke the occurrence of various diseases;
• In the house should be equipped with perches, at an altitude of 70 cm from the floor. To do this, use a beam with a section of 9×9 cm or 7x7cm. Each bird should have at least 50 cm of free space;
• You should think over the places for layers. To do this, in the dark places of the chicken coop, install the Gnesza boxes, based on: 1 nest for five eggs.
If possible, a separate poultry house should be used to stay of turkeys, since these birds are not very racks for all kinds of diseases that can be purchased from other birds.
Also, turkeys like to occupy places on the roofs of private houses and are very fond of grazing in open pastures, where fresh grass grows.
How to care for turkeys, turkeys and turkeys
Small turkeys, especially in the first weeks of life, require a higher environmental temperature than chickens of ordinary chickens. If they are not hatched, then a person who follows turkeys should be very careful and show maximum care for them, providing very comfortable conditions for their survival.
Turkey is a beautiful mother. Its instinct of hencakes is more expressed than other chicken. In natural conditions, it is very valuable, but with artificial dilution – it complicates the process of ensuring indect. The hen itself loses weight, carries less eggs. And it is very difficult to make her move away from the nest.
In order for the turkey to leave the nest, you have to resort to some farm tricks:
• reduce the temperature in the house;
• take a hen from a nest forcibly;
• plant such a responsible “lady” of a very active male;
• Light the nest with bright light.
The conditions for the proper care of the turkeys also provide for the introduction of various vitamins into their diet. Moreover, at different stages of growth and the life of birds, various additives are required.
It should also be borne in mind that the taste and properties of turkey meat depends on what the birds eat and whether they get fresh herbs or some vegetables enough. The egg production indicator also depends on full nutrition. Given all the wishes and following the instructions of experienced farmers, you can achieve very good results in breeding turkeys.