What are valuable bronze wide-chested turkeys?

Bronze wide-breasted turkeys are the largest representatives of turkeys. This is their main difference from the tribesmen. The breed was bred in America for industrial breeding. She quickly gained popularity because she has a number of undeniable advantages, thanks to which the profitability of their breeding is very high. What are these advantages and why the breed has become so widespread in this article.

Short description

Bronze wide-breasted turkeys are a popular poultry that first appeared in America, thanks to the successful work of experienced breeders. They sought to create a fleshy breed, the cultivation of which would be most beneficial for industrial production.

Breeders successfully coped with the task and now this breed is deservedly recognized as the best for industrial breeding. What are its undeniable advantages, are there any drawbacks and what are the principles of breeding such birds? All this we will examine in detail in this article.

Breed description

Bronze wide-breasted turkeys are the largest turkeys in the world, they are not lighter than 9 kg, the average weight of juveniles is 11 kg, and the maximum weight of such birds is 18 kg. Farmers state that if you spend a lot of feed and follow the basic rules of their breeding, you can feed the animals that will weigh at least 30 kg. This breed is called "American" because it appeared in America.

Breeders recommend the breed as a breed for crossing with other species, in order to improve the breed characteristics and create new species for industrial and home breeding.

Appearance

These are beautiful graceful birds, they have an oval body, wide, strong and slightly sloping chest, powerful, wide-spaced legs. The birds have a magnificent plumage of black-brown color, it casts purple, bronze and gray shades. The males have a fan-shaped luxurious tail. Turkeys walk slowly and stately, they serve as a real decoration of any monastery.

Merits

Birds have a lot of advantages that allow them to stand out against the background of their fellow tribesmen, the main of them include:

unsurpassed egg production;

Turkey brings up to 120 eggs per season.Of these, 80% are fertilized, and from 70-75% of the fertilized eggs hatch poults.

best maternal skills;

Moms are caring and very attentive, they patiently and reverently hatch both their own, and chicken, and duck eggs.

early maturity;

The best slaughter characteristics of twenty-week turkeys, at this time the males weigh about 8 kg, and females about 14 kg.

high profitability of production.

The poults are slaughtered exactly 20 weeks after birth, because in the future too much feed is consumed per 1 kg of weight and it is not profitable to keep such birds. The maximum profit can be obtained exactly in the twenty-week period from the moment of birth of the chick (at least 1.5 kg of feed goes to 1 kg of live weight, and the maximum feed costs during this period do not exceed 2 kg!)

disadvantages

The main breed disadvantage is considered to be intolerant of grazing conditions, this breed is ideal exclusively for industrial breeding. It can only be kept in cages or sheds.

For breeding hatching eggs, strong and healthy turkeys are selected. The first selection is made among four-month individuals, when it is already visually possible to evaluate their full value and fleshyness,by behavior, body build and weight (turkeys should be at least 4 kg, and turkeys should be at least 5 kg.) The final stage of the breeding generation occurs after two months with six-month-old birds.

Productivity

Birds of this breed are bred for dietary and extremely tasty meat. The best slaughter characteristics in twenty-week birds. Standard carcass contains about 51% of muscle tissue (not less than 40%), the maximum amount of subcutaneous fat can reach 16% (not less than 10%), and internal fat - up to 9%.

Muscle tissue is predominantly white meat of the chest, back, legs, and wings, and only a small part of it is red cervical meat. The dietary quality of turkey meat is widely known, it is useful for people of any age, so the demand for it is constantly growing.

Due to the high energy of growth, the chicks are able to recover very quickly, so all the costs of feed promptly and more than pay off. According to averaged calculations for 1 kg of meat there is at least three kilograms of feed. The maximum feed costs for this weight do not exceed 4 kg. In this case, the meat yield at slaughter often exceeds 80%.

Features of care (short)

The room for keeping turkeys should be spacious, it is necessary to maintain a constant temperature and humidity, and also ensure that no drafts occur. On the head of one individual must have at least one square meter.

In warm zones, perches are arranged for recreation. They are located at a height of 40 cm or 50 cm from the floor, the length can be arbitrary on the basis that about 40 cm should be allowed to a single individual. Under them they arrange litter trays, which could be easily moved in and out. Remember that the eight-degree frost is critical for these birds, so you can not take walks in cold weather.

In order for the birds not to suffer from avitaminosis, their diet is supplemented with nettle, tree brooms, sauerkraut, and green hay.

In the spring, the room is carefully cleaned, washed and disinfected (it is better to use caustic soda and hot water).They pour in new bedding, everywhere they hang out bouquets of fragrant herbs to scare away blood-sucking insects and animals.

In summer, walking in the yard on dry soil is organized. The territory of walking can be planted with grass, fence, make a canopy and protect from drafts. There you need to put troughs and drinkers. The best places for walking are in the shade of large trees and shrubs.