The last few Fowl Fridays have been all about the drama in Frodo’s world, but what happened to our turkeys?

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Our four turkeys have been at the farm for twelve weeks, and are now 17 weeks old.  There have been some significant changes since they arrived at the farm.

After yesterday’s disappointing post, as promised, we have a turkey update!  Our turkeys are now 11 weeks old, and have lost almost all of their adorable ‘baby turkey’ features.  They’re now more in the realm of gangly teenagers.

11 week old Bourbon Red/Royal Palm cross

It’s still a little early to be certain as to our [...]

It’s been almost three weeks since we brought our young turkeys to live here.  Just in that short time, we’ve seen some significant growth in these birds.

At 8 weeks old, the turkeys are losing the feathers around their heads

On arrival, the turkeys spent the first week in the brooder.  They probably didn’t need to [...]