Well the baby chickens are growing up. This week they got their first taste of the sunshine. These chicks will reach maturity in about eight weeks.We had a new arrival in the mail this week this week. Now, in addition to the little chickens, we have baby turkeys. They are about two weeks younger than the chickens and are still being kept indoors under a heat lamp.
Rather than raising the Broad Breasted White, the turkey found in the grocery store, these heritage breed turkeys (http://heritageturkeyfoundation.org/) are called Bourbon Reds. The American Livestock Breed Conservancy (http://www.albc-usa.org/) provides information about threatened heritage poultry and livestock in order to promote the g
enetic diversity of agricultural animals. By raising heritage breed birds it is possible to ensure the future of these animals which is being threatened by the industrial scale production of the Broad Breasted White.
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