NH Homesteader- turkeys!

[Southern by choice]

I should put this over on my journal- I am sorry NH kinda hi-jacked your journal!
@Baymule We never had that issue but I was very selective with breeding.
Birds had to be smart
Good temperament
Great forager
Hardy
Correct size
Good layer
Not overly broody- broody was fine just not excessive.
I brought in some new genetics for my Delawares and did NOT like them at all.
I think there was too much inbreeding in the flock they came from. Size was not great , color meh... and the line was STUPID!

Poorly tempered ros were culled so not to have that in the program.
We have birds that are 5-6 years old still laying and thriving. (Not laying now as we don't run the lights and whatever they do lay the dogs are getting.

 

[NH homesteader]

Hijack away, I don't mind. Plus it's interesting

 

[Baymule]

Yes, it is interesting! Thanks @Southern by choice !!

 

[NH homesteader]

We are planning on building a tree house for the kiddo in the spring /summer. She just informed us that she wants it to have a gun rack so she can hunt deer while she's out there... That's normal, right?

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Oh My Gosh! She's gonna make you so proud when she bags her first 10 pointer!!!

 

[NH homesteader]

Haha we don't take the big guys. We feel like they've earned their years. Plus they usually taste gross!

I am getting super irritated with my herd queen and my wether. They are my only non - producers and therefore not useful, and they're beating on all my useful goats! I have to separate for feeding because those two fatties don't even need grain or alfalfa pellets but they won't let anyone else have them. Ugh! My husband will not butcher the wether. The price of hay is way up (we actually are trying to find a new hay guy because ours are all sold out) and I'm sick of feeding massive amounts of it to these two.

Just venting, sorry, lol!

 

[Hens and Roos]

sorry to hear that those two aren't being nice- any way you can block them from the others when feeding grain/alfalfa pellets?

 

[NH homesteader]

I'm going to have to, it's just a pain! They're kind of bullies with the hay too. Ugh.

 

[CntryBoy777]

I can empathize with ya, cause I still am dealing with the issue we discussed a while back. It is a bit better, but still very irritating. I've gotta work on a separation pen too.

 

[Latestarter]

Might be time for both to become BBQ... just saying. As an aside it would make room for a couple more producers And I thought your DH didn't care about the goats? I thought his thing was the hogs?