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Finding turkey poults
I have a small farm in Maryland and will be adding heritage breed turkeys this spring. I'm going to start small, maybe 10 or so turkeys, but my problem is that the hatcheries I've called all ship from somewhere else. I want to skip the middle man and buy Bourbon Reds from an actual place that hatches them, not just a place that drop ships them, and preferably local if that's possible. Advice welcome and appreciated. New to farming. :)
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Permalink Reply by Tessa Britian on -
I had a great experience finding Bourbon Reds on Craig's List by searching in rural areas nearby. The person had hatched the birds on her rural property and they were very healthy birds ideal for our area which has very HOT summers. The thing about purchasing turkeys is that almost no one will sex them so you get what you get. You might also consider rural flea markets, most are listed online and say whether they allow livestock for sale.
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