I've got 12 for Christmas and the freezer but I have worked in commercial turkey breeding/rearing/processing.
They cost me roughly £6 each at around 6 weeks old
I reckon I'll spend approx £150 on feed, I get a 25Kg bag of turkey feed for about £10
So around £250 in total for 12 turkeys = 20 ish each. (if you don't factor in your own time)
They like to free range and will forage well and are great grazers eating a lot of grass, leaves, fruit, bugs and pretty much anything they can find.
The more they can do this the less feed you will need to give them.
they can fly a bit when young/lighter and will roost high up if they can.
A dry shelter with as much room as you can give them is ideal.
Plenty food and water and a bale or straw for roosting on and they're like pigs in S***

I feed mine on commercial turkey feed, crumb, rearer, grower etc as per manufacturers instructions, then just finish them off on grain, wheat, barley, maize etc before killing.
Depends on breed but I find my bronze are best left till around 23 weeks so the feathers have all grown back in after the moult and they start to put a bit of fat on, so early July hatch for Christmas kill.
I don't sell mine, the family get them but they kill out around 12-14lb dressed for the hens and around 20lb for the stags.
A fresh bronze turkey from a commercial producer this year will set you back anything from £60-£120 depending on weight
Great characters, they love human company and are very friendly, they follow me around the garden!
