All we heard about raising turkeys was about how dumb they are and how the tend to find new and exciting ways to off themselves. For whatever reason though, to date, we've had an easy time with them. The day we brought them home I pulled two of the three pullets out of the brooder and slipped them in with the turkeys.
The pullets, by simply eating and drinking, showed the turkeys how to feed themselves. A few days after picking up the turkeys we found two Buff geese on Craigslist and introduced them into the fray. The two chickens have graduated to the freezer with the rest of their brethern, but the turkeys abide. If you're going to get some turkeys having a couple of established (think month old) chicks to show them the ropes. Once they're eating and drinking, if you can keep them from running away or killing themselves, you're halfway home.
Final note, baby turkeys, are not cute. At all. Not even a little bit. You've been warned.
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