Meet My Turkey Mums & Chicks
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page 0 · 28 posts · 5 participants
· farm_diary
This page is a detailed farm diary where the original author (A7) chronicles the lifecycle of two turkey hens and their poults over several weeks. The thread includes updates on hatching rates, behavioral issues like maternal aggression, and feeding strategies, while other users ask practical questions about incubation, feed, and market demand.
Pain points:
bird_mortality
Prices:
turkey_poults: NGN800.0 (general)turkey_poults: NGN1500.0 (general)
Credibility signals:
naming_farm_size_or_locationciting_years_of_experience
“The risk in raising turkey poults is the mothers are not great parents & the poults are very fragile in the first few weeks.”
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“Turkey hens can be annoyingly unreasonable, a neighbor once had a turkey that breaks every egg she laid.”
“Buyers will visit you at home & ask you to sell.”
page 1 · 28 posts · 25 participants
· discussion_qa
This page is a community discussion thread where a farmer shares progress photos of rearing turkeys, prompting extensive advice on health, mortality, and market timing from other users. The conversation focuses heavily on practical farming knowledge, specifically regarding vaccination, predator protection, and the profitability of selling before full maturity.
Pain points:
bird_mortalityinput_adulterationno_buyers
Prices:
chick: NGN7000.0 (unspecified)adult_turkey: NGN22000.0 (unspecified)
Credibility signals:
citing_specific_numbersnaming_farm_activitiessharing_personal_experience
“I tried Turkey last year. It was encouraging to be honest. Bought 7 of them weeks old @ 7000 naira each. Reared from august to December and sold each for 22000 naira.”
“Don't let bandit and bokoharam boys kidnapped your turkey mums and it's children oooo. Tighten up your security”
“Make sure you vaccinated them.........guy you try wela give them all the necessary protection so that you will benefit a lot from them”
Unclassified: none
page 2 · 32 posts · 17 participants
· discussion_qa
This page is a lively discussion thread where farmers share experiences raising turkeys, specifically focusing on brooding techniques using hens and the viability of organic farming methods. The conversation covers practical husbandry tips, breed comparisons between local and foreign types, and market observations regarding price volatility and profitability. Users engage in knowledge transfer by answering questions about incubation, feeding schedules, and predator protection.
Pain points:
bird_mortalityprice_crashstolen_harvest
Prices:
turkey_meat: NGN22000.0 (general)turkey_meat: NGN27000.0 (general)turkey_meat: NGN2500.0 (general)turkey_meat: NGN3000.0 (general)turkey_meat: NGN13000.0 (general)turkey_meat: NGN15000.0 (general)broiler_meat: NGN2500.0 (general)broiler_meat: NGN3000.0 (general)broiler_meat: NGN4500.0 (general)broiler_meat: NGN5000.0 (general)
Credibility signals:
naming_farm_sizeciting_years_of_experienceposting_photos
“You didn't do it right, next time don't add the egg, you exchange them.”
“I keep broilers for up to 11weeks and I still sell same @ 6weeks (half the time) all for consumption.”
“Cats, snakes, thieves, children, bully turkey, diseases, cold, heat e.t.c”
page 3 · 32 posts · 13 participants
· farm_diary
This page is a running progress log by author 'A7' documenting the growth, feeding schedules, and health of a turkey flock over several months. Other users engage by sharing their own experiences, asking for feed schedules, and offering condolences when the author's parents die, creating a supportive community atmosphere rather than a commercial listing.
Pain points:
no_buyers
Prices:
turkey_poults: NGN10000.0 (local)
Credibility signals:
weekly_updatesphoto_evidencevideo_linksspecific_feed_metrics
“One of the challenges of rearing Turkey is the sales of the mature one is not easy to see buyers for them.”
“Young turkeys dont grow well if given non standard feed.”
“Both parents have die here, i pray these ones grow up”
page 4 · 32 posts · 14 participants
· discussion_qa
This thread is a long-running farm diary where a primary author (A7) chronicles the lifecycle of a turkey flock, from hatching to laying, while other users offer advice on ratios and ask to buy birds. The discussion centers on production challenges like male aggression, transport logistics between regions, and the difficulty of feeding young stock.
Pain points:
bird_mortalitytransport_costno_buyers
Prices:
male turkeys: NGN6000.0 (unspecified)
Credibility signals:
naming_farm_sizeciting_years_of_experienceposting_photos
“Sell males to buy more females”
“That turkey is a good mother. Pls I dnt mind if you can sell some of the new hatch to me.”
“HOW MUCH,PLS REACH ME ON 08028131974”
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page 5 · 32 posts · 10 participants
· farm_diary
This page is a long-running farm diary by an author named 'A7' who chronicles the breeding and hatching of turkeys over several months. Other users engage by asking technical questions about raising day-old poults, sourcing birds, and managing feed costs, creating a genuine knowledge-sharing community rather than a sales thread.
Pain points:
bird_mortalitybird_mortalitybird_mortalityfeed_too_expensive
Prices:
local poults: NGN1000.0 (Ilorin)local poults: NGN1500.0 (local markets)
Credibility signals:
naming farm size or locationciting years of experience
“Got three day old local poults. They dont eat and ended up dying. What should I do better moving forward pls”
“I lost mine the moment they started laying eggs, they ran in to the wild, occasionally seen then gone forever.”
page 6 · 32 posts · 12 participants
· discussion_qa
This thread is a technical Q&A focused on turkey breeding, specifically the methods and challenges of artificial insemination versus natural mating. The discussion covers practical husbandry details like injury prevention during mating, feed types, and egg-laying timelines, with some users requesting private contact information for further guidance.
Credibility signals:
citing_years_of_experiencenaming_farm_size_or_location
“What I meant to say is getting the sperm from the Male foreign turkeys and inserting it into the local females to get better hybrids.”
“All you need is a 5ml syringe to suck it out. It's quite easier than it sounds.”
“I need male turkeys. The one I have (3 years old) is extremely aggressive and giving injuries to family members and neighbours.”
page 7 · 9 posts · 5 participants
· farm_diary
This page is a long-running farm diary by author 'gat2so' tracking the breeding and growth of turkey flocks over several months. The thread includes detailed updates on hatching schedules, feeding methods, and housing, while also serving as a Q&A hub where other farmers ask for help with high chick mortality rates. The primary author provides specific medical treatments and management advice, establishing credibility through years of experience and detailed observations.
Pain points:
bird_mortality
Credibility signals:
naming_flock_membersciting_years_of_experiencedetailed_growth_updates
“Hello sir my poults are dying ,is there any suggestion you can help with ,they are local turkeys and like 2 weeks old now .Please reply sir”
“Sorry my brother … I had encountered such mass mutuality in my past for consecutives 6 times they all dies as soon as they clocked 2 weeks …”
“Who has poult for sale in ibadan”