Plan your winter poultry needs NOW We have a small flock at the farm—about twenty-five chickens and fifteen turkeys. Of those, eight will make it to the new year: five of them chickens (four hens and a rooster) and three turkeys (two tinas and a tom—our breeding stock for the upcoming year). The rest will grace our table and for that we give thanks. And these eight will need to be fed. Now, in the Summer, that’s easy. There’s plenty of grass and grubs to go around. But in the Winter… Which leads me to the topic I’m addressing today. How do you keep that level of good nutrition up…

The turkeys have come! The Farmer’s Wife is running here and there, checking this and that—are the paper towels just so? Is there water? Feed? Her hand waves under the heat lamp, checking it. She stands up, happy with all that this surveying has shown. The turkey’s spot is set. Now, it’s just time to go get the birds! The Farmer’s Wife races to the car to go to the Post Office. Yes, the Post Office. You didn’t know that’s where turkeys came from, did you? Were you, perhaps, expecting something a bit more glamourous—like the neighborhood feed store? No. The turkeys of the likes and kinds the Farmer’s Wife…