Often times people assume that raising their own turkeys will be hard but after the first few months raising turkeys is relatively easy The biggest part of [1] raising turkeys is for the first few month because you have to make sure that the turkeys are kept warm enough and are getting enough nutrition to survive.  This can be avoided by buying turkeys that are a little bit older but if you want to raise turkeys with little start up costs it is recommended that you buy either eggs or newborn turkeys because they are very cheap to get.

There are a lot of different reasons to consider raising turkeys and here are three of them.

1. Raising turkeys as a means for food and to make extra money

Not only is turkey a traditional food to eat on the holidays but it is also enjoyed throughout the year. It makes great lunch meat, roasts, and provides a healthy alternative to ground beef.

You can also sell your turkeys if you are [2] turkey farming.

2. Having turkeys for pets

Some people would rather keep their turkeys as pets instead of for food or profit. Some people actually do both, picking a few as their pets and using the others as a food source.

There are a lot of different breeds of turkeys to choose from but there are only two varieties, wild and domestic turkeys. The wild turkeys do just what they sound like, live out in the wild. Wild turkeys can fly and it is said that they are a bit brighter then the domestic turkeys. The common turkeys we eat are the domestic turkeys, which cannot fly. The domestic turkeys and wild turkeys are physically different and taste completely different also

3. Raising turkeys for their built in pest control

Turkey’s diets are varied depending on the turkeys needs at the time but they like to eat berries, leaves, grass seeds and lots of bugs including ticks, mosquitoes, and flies as well as many others.  This makes turkeys great as a means of pest control and it also makes [3] feeding turkeys easier then ever.