Turkey Production Guide
A turkey production guide covering planning, brooding, feeding, health and marketing. Producers use it to organize the key steps of raising turkeys. It keeps the details in one place for later review.
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The steps on this page
- Plan housing and space
- Choose poults and source
- Prepare the brooder
- Feed per the supplier's program
- Provide water and lighting
- Watch health and call your vet
- Plan range or confinement
- Plan processing and sales
How to use this guide
Walk a new hand through the steps once, then let them use the page on their own. Add your own notes as you learn what works.
Where to check the details
This sheet is a general template, so confirm specifics with your own manuals, labels and local rules. For current official guidance, start with eXtension and USDA APHIS.
For more in this area, see the small farm start-up help. Between chores, farm.FM has farm humor, including The Turkey’s Last Meal, and farming farm stories.