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4 reviews

50% Positive Reviews

Rated #8 in Turkeys

Pros:

“Easy to sell, beautiful plumage”

“Help cal in the others for eating”

Cons:

“may leave for the woods”

“Permits, flighty”

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Wild Turkeys

Posted 2/12/13

By Muscovie Lover

Pros: Help cal in the others for eating

Cons: Flightyq

Went back and edited the names.Anyways these birds are great we raised two and they were awesome.

Great pets?

Posted 2/12/13

By Bettacreek

Pros: Easy to sell, beautiful plumage

Cons: Permits, flighty

I bought some awhile back and HATED them immediately. They were nasty little buggers. Just trying to catch one for wing clipping, I was whacked upside the head (don't underestimate how much that can hurt!) and my face was scratched, right across my eye. Then, they escaped and took off. There was another breed of turkey raised along with them, which was fine, friendly and personable, so it wasn't that these were raised incorrectly. I will NEVER get these again and they almost turned my boyfriend off from letting me get any other turkeys!

Hmmmmm!

Posted 2/11/13

By Bobaroni

I hate it when one of these articles doesn't even make proper Identifications. On the pics be low you will see a Tom or Gobbler referred to as a rooster, you will see a poult referred to as a chick. The hen is correct and adolescents are Jakes and Jenny's.

I loved my wild turkeys

Posted 4/7/12

By littlecreekfarm

Cons: may leave for the woods

I hatched some Eastern wilds last spring. I loved them they were so pretty and sweet. Mine left for the woods a while back. I miss them dearly.

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Wild Eastern

Description:

Eastern Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) This was the turkey species first encountered in the wild by the Puritans. Range covers the entire eastern half of the United States; extending also into Southeastern Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, and the Maritime Provinces in Canada. They number from 5.1 to 5.3 million birds. They were first named forest turkey in 1817, and can grow up to 4 feet (1.2 m) tall. The upper tail coverts are tipped with chestnut brown. The Eastern Wild Turkey is heavily hunted in the Eastern USA and is the most hunted Wild Turkey subspecies. The idea that Benjamin Franklin preferred the Turkey as the national bird of the United States comes from a letter he wrote to his daughter, Sarah Bache on January 26, 1784 criticizing the choice of the Bald Eagle as the national bird and suggesting that a Turkey would have made a better alternative.

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Detail	Value
Breed Colors/Varieties	Wild Eastern hens have (brownish/copper tipped chest and flank and tail feathers) The Wild Eastern Males have black tipped chest feathers and brownish/copper tipped tail and flank feathers.
Breed Size	Large Fowl

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