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Turkeys have long been firmly established in many household plots. This is not surprising. Few people refuse delicious dietary meat. Growing turkeys at home is not so easy, so poultry farmers have always dreamed of a breed that gives not only eggs, but also a lot of meat in a short time. Canadian breeders have received such birds. The hybrid meat cross has confidently settled in farmsteads. The s even came up with a funny name for the cross-converter breed – Indostraus. You can make sure by looking at the photo of this amazing bird:
What is cross
When breeding any bird, breeders and breeders stop at some line. From this selection, the best specimens of turkeys are distinguished in all respects. Most importantly, the qualities of adult birds must be inherited by turkeys. Lines can be within the same or different breeds. When the lines cross, breeds are obtained. The same techniques were used to breed the heavy cross Hybrid Converter.
And the breed determines the variety of turkeys, which are obtained from crossing non-pedigreed birds, using selection.
Description of turkeys
Turkeys of the Hybrid Converter breed are modern hybrids, more and more conquering the farmsteads of the inhabitants of Our Country. No less popular are cross-converters in commercial farms.
This cross is a hybrid of Canadian selection. For crossing used:
- Bronze broad-breasted turkeys;
- White Dutch turkeys.
Crosses stand out with a wide chest. The beak is powerful with a bright red earring. Despite their small heads, they are muscular and agile. Turkeys and Hybrid turkeys have white plumage. The male stands out with special beauty. If he spreads his tail, then a huge ball of fluff appears before his eyes.
The breed of turkeys of the heavy cross-country Hybrid is distinguished by the ability to conquer a height of 2 meters. They are also good runners, reaching speeds of up to 45 km / h.
Hybrid converter turkeys, with proper care and proper feeding, can lay about fifty large eggs. Females of the middle cross are more prolific, they usually have up to 80 eggs.
By the nature of the bird, calm, internecine fights are rarely arranged. But with other pets of the poultry yard they do not always get along. Experts advise keeping livestock in a separate enclosure, fenced off from the rest of the guests with a metal mesh. Moreover, Hybrid Converter turkey poults should not be placed in the same room as adults. Poultry lovers write about this in reviews.
Characteristics of the breed
They have a lot of advantages:
- They can live in any regions of Our Country, regardless of the climate.
- Hybrid converter turkeys practically do not get sick if conditions are created for them.
- Large meat yield: adult heavy cross-turkey – up to 22 kg, turkey – up to 12 kg.
Unpretentious birds in terms of cultivation have gained popularity for the excellent presentation of finished products. There are always buyers, and bird carcasses are willingly taken for restaurants.
Features of growing turkeys
Turkeys Cross Hybrid, as soon as it gets warmer (from spring to autumn) are kept outside. Pens are specially made for them: alfalfa, clover, vetch, peas or other fast-growing grass are sown over the entire area. In winter, birds are kept in closed pens, sawdust is laid on the floor, as the legs of turkeys cannot stand the cold.
Feeding at different times of the year
For feeding turkeys in the summer, use:
- wheat and corn;
- barley and oats;
- greens and special compound feeds.
When preparing heavy cross-converter feed for turkeys, they try to increase its nutritional value with green onions, dandelion leaves, and nettles. Birds prefer a large amount of greenery even when they are kept on the run.
In winter, the composition of the feed should include chestnuts, acorns, various vegetables, chopped needles. Throughout the year, for turkeys with increased precocity and rapid body weight gain, minerals and vitamins are needed. Rarely, but still there have been cases when turkeys of a heavy cross-country hybrid converter, selected in France, gained a record weight of 30 kg.
In order for babies to grow up healthy, chalk, egg shells, meat and bone meal must be present in the food.
The value of meat
Great attention is paid to turkeys when fattening, because the main percentage of meat is obtained from them. At the age of four months, the hybrid converter turkey weighs about 7 kg.
Subject to the rules of care and cultivation, the Hybrid Converter breed of heavy cross-country turkeys gives juicy, tender meat. If we compare the characteristics of the composition of the finished product with other breeds, then it is much more valuable for converters. It contains:
- trace elements, including the antioxidant selenium;
- B vitamins.
bird care
Caring for turkeys is not so difficult, the main thing is to follow the rules:
- Requires a spacious, warm room. In winter, it should be at least + 18-20 degrees.
- The room must be ventilated so that there is no stagnation of ammonia, drafts are unacceptable.
- The dryness of the floor is supported by sawdust, straw or peat. The bedding is changed at least once a week.
- No more than 2 birds in one square place.
How to avoid diseases
Although diseases rarely occur in Hybrid turkeys, preventive measures do not interfere:
- Addition of vitamins and minerals to feed.
- Maintain appropriate conditions in the poultry house.
- Washing in the house and dishes with disinfectant solutions, whitewashing with lime. These procedures are carried out in the summer, when the turkeys are in the pasture. After disinfection, you will have to ventilate the room for at least 4 days.
- Food is prepared immediately before feeding. The drinking bowl should be clean, like the water in it.
- Daily inspection of crosses is required.
Otherwise, the disease will spread to other pets. Be sure to contact your veterinarian.
