Wife and I raised Rhode island reds and turkeys in B.C. and Montana but we had a large pen that was fenced and had to net the top as the harrier hawks would make their passer by. We would let the turkeys out daily and chickens just ran free ranged and then roost and I'd lock the gate. When we were in the yard they would eat crickets and grasshoppers and just forage doin whatever they do. It was so much fun in raising them, but then it came the day to axe them. You raise something for months and caring for it and that's the part I did not like. Don't get me wrong, I'm a big time hunter since whenever and I don't have a problem in putting an animal down, I just didn't like the slaughter part of an animal that I had gotten attached too. Just sayin. Enjoy and have fun with it.
Bobby
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