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Eastern Wild Turkey poults or eggs... free
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<blockquote data-quote="megalomaniac" data-source="post: 4166477" data-attributes="member: 2805"><p>My birds won't go into the enclosed coop since they were about 5 months of age. I have a roosting bar about 5 feet off the ground with the netting above them apexed at around 10 feet high. I feel bad when they sleep outside in the winter when it's below freezing and wet while the chickens are tucked in nice in their coops, but I have to remind myself these birds are designed to handle the cold.</p><p></p><p>If you don't keep them under netting, they will just fly off and probably be eaten by predators. I hatched out 10 last year with my show chickens, with the plans to just let them do whatever they desired as they aged. When they were a couple months old, they just flew over the 6ft woven-wire fence and free ranged in the back yard. That went on for about a month until a local fox picked all of them off save for one jenny that seemed to prefer hanging out with the chickens over her own kind and never left the run.</p><p></p><p>Plus, although my birds are healthy, I wouldn't advocate introducing them into wild bird flocks for the potential of spreading disease.</p><p></p><p>Oh, and btw, I have enough takers for all the eggs the girls should produce by the time I come up. I can still probably ship eggs at the end of April if there are others who really would like to have them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="megalomaniac, post: 4166477, member: 2805"] My birds won't go into the enclosed coop since they were about 5 months of age. I have a roosting bar about 5 feet off the ground with the netting above them apexed at around 10 feet high. I feel bad when they sleep outside in the winter when it's below freezing and wet while the chickens are tucked in nice in their coops, but I have to remind myself these birds are designed to handle the cold. If you don't keep them under netting, they will just fly off and probably be eaten by predators. I hatched out 10 last year with my show chickens, with the plans to just let them do whatever they desired as they aged. When they were a couple months old, they just flew over the 6ft woven-wire fence and free ranged in the back yard. That went on for about a month until a local fox picked all of them off save for one jenny that seemed to prefer hanging out with the chickens over her own kind and never left the run. Plus, although my birds are healthy, I wouldn't advocate introducing them into wild bird flocks for the potential of spreading disease. Oh, and btw, I have enough takers for all the eggs the girls should produce by the time I come up. I can still probably ship eggs at the end of April if there are others who really would like to have them. [/QUOTE]
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