| There are three main purposes of producing turkey | | | | are newly hatched turkeys. Turkey eggs are not |
| which are namely: 1. Production and sales of fertilized | | | | usually sold as table eggs because they are very |
| eggs. 2. Production of turkey meat for sale 3. | | | | expensive. The cost of producing a turkey is about |
| Production of turkey poults for sale. | | | | N1200.00 each. |
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| Turkey production starts by receiving the day old | | | | |
| poults into the brooders house under various | | | | Feeding |
| temperatures in line with the weather condition for | | | | |
| about 6 weeks before they are transferred to the | | | | Turkey does not eat too much, it eats a little more |
| growers house. They may stay there to maturity. | | | | than chicken. Turkey produced for meat is fed |
| Turkeys get mature in about 20 weeks, then you can | | | | differently from the ones meant for the production of |
| sell them for money or leave them for the production | | | | fertilized eggs. It is cheaper to feed the turkey meant |
| of eggs to be hatched in an incubator. Male turkeys | | | | for the production of fertilized eggs while the ones for |
| must be made available to the female ones in the ratio | | | | meat are given more expensive feed to enable them |
| of one to five females for effective performance. This | | | | grow faster, bigger and mature earlier for sale. |
| is to ensure the fertilization of the eggs before sending | | | | You can also order a manual on Poultry and Turkey |
| them to the hatchery. | | | | farming,that we titled The Beauty of Poultry and |
| | | | | Turkey farming from us. |
| A farmer can get his or her fertilized eggs hatched at | | | | For more help on Turkey farming call Mr.Ismail |
| another farmer's hatchery on payment of a certain | | | | AbdulAzeez on 01-7653994,08023050835 or |
| fee. It is not compulsory that you must have your own | | | | 07033632285. |
| hatchery before you can produce day old poults which | | | | |