KNF Turkeys?
Does anyone have experience in raising turkeys on a setup similar to KNF chickens? If so, what are the differences in how it is managed?
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While I don't personally have experience with turkeys the setup is similar to chickens. The only thing that would be different is to make the floor about 1 foot deep of grass clippings or equivalent to start because they are bigger and heavier, and I would think that the pen size of 12'x14' would hold less than the 200 chickens it does for meat chickens because of their larger size.
From the KNF library
From the KNF library
Drafted by Claude from Office Hours and the books
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Sep 2026
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2 sources
Drake says turkeys can be raised the KNF way with brown rice. (Office Hours Ep. 35, 47:23) His feeding steps:
- Feed only brown rice for the first three days. (Office Hours Ep. 35, 47:23)
- Keep brown rice available for two weeks. (Office Hours Ep. 35, 47:23)
- Then add eggs and bamboo before switching feed. (Office Hours Ep. 35, 47:23)
Donna Rae runs a market farm in Homer, Alaska that includes turkeys. (Office Hours Ep. 15, 25:18) The library has no notes on how she manages them. It also says nothing on pen size or litter depth for turkeys.
Sources
- 47:23 Office Hours Ep. 35 (Jun 2022) — Gray IMO, Protector Overuse, Chicken Feed Ratios · “feed them only brown rice the first three days, keep it available two weeks, then add eggs and bamboo before switching feed”
- 25:18 Office Hours Ep. 15 (Jan 2022) — Cannabis KNF, IMO4 Winter Storage, FAA Without IMO4 · “Donna Rae runs a 5-acre market farm in Homer, Alaska with fruit trees, berries, chickens, ducks, turkeys”
