Storey's Guide to Raising Turkeys: Breeds, Care, Marketing

by Don Schrider

Turkeys are an excellent source of succulent meat, rich eggs, and nutrient-dense manure, and raising them is a rewarding and profitable activity for many farmers. With helpful tips on acquiring organic certification, processing both meat and eggs, and marketing your products, you’ll have all the information you need to successfully raise your own healthy and productive turkeys.

Genres: Nonfiction

320 pages, Paperback

First published January 29, 2013

About the author

Don Schrider is a poultry aficionado and has written on the topic for many publications, including Mother Earth News, Backyard Poultry, Chickens, Countryside and Small Stock Journal, and Poultry Press. He is a master breeder of Brown Leghorn and Buckeye chickens and has worked with the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy on various projects. He lives in Vermont.

Reviews

[Macayla Fryc · Rating 4 out of 5]

Get out your pen and paper because the only reason you'd be reading this is if you're actually going to raise turkeys, in which case, you better take notes, though if you're not willing to take notes, there's definitely no way you should be raising turkeys.

[Kim Stence · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good information on poults and processing. Health section is a little short for me. My kids are raising turkeys for 4-H so this book is not as useful for us. Well written and likely to be very useful for someone raising birds for market.

[michelle yates · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome book to get you started.

Great book to wet your feet on owning turkeys. With the expected Storey comprehensivness. You should start here. Good book.

[Kelly Carlson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very informative!

[Fernleaf · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great walkthrough for raising turkeys with a focus on raising heritage breeds as a small business venture. Solid info.

[Mohamed Gohari · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 star rating