The pastured poultry community lacks species appropriate feed in most places. Turkeys highlight this short coming because they require a much higher protein level than chickens, but it can be near impossible to find a reliable source of turkey starter feed unless you’re raising enough numbers to justify a custom feed order.

This video shows how I use a new Fertrell product, Turkey Booster, to turn a chick starter into a turkey starter. The turkey booster increases the amino acid profile of a regular chick starter to be at a level that’s adequate for turkey poults.

The Turkey Booster is designed to be a supplemental addition at 1.25% of the total weight of the feed mix. That means 25 pounds of turkey booster per one ton of chick starter. In the video I walk through the process of mixing a 5 gallon bucket full of feed (or 25 pounds total).

Now with anything feed, the more you know and the more precise you are, the better your results will be. You should consult Fertrell before using this product to get adequate instructions for your feed mix.