Raising Turkeys 101 with Special Guest Stacy Benjamin

About this episode

In this episode, Stacy Benjamin discusses essential tips for raising turkeys, including differences between breeds and their care requirements.

Are you thinking about raising turkeys but don’t know where to start? 🦃 In this special guest episode of The Coop Podcast, we sit down with author Stacey Benjamin to talk all things turkey keeping, from getting started with poults to raising a happy, healthy flock. We cover the key differences between heritage and broad-breasted turkeys, brooder temperature and high-protein feeding, housing setups, and how turkey behavior compares to chickens (spoiler: they’ve got BIG personalities). Plus, we...

People in this episode

Host: Meyer Hatchery

Guest: Stacy Benjamin

Topics covered

• turkey keeping
• raising poults
• heritage turkeys
• broad-breasted turkeys
• turkey behavior
• feeding
• housing setups

Keywords

• turkeys
• poults
• heritage turkeys
• broad-breasted turkeys
• brooder temperature
• high-protein feeding
• turkey behavior
• chickens

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Meyer Hatchery

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