A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[memphis]

Hey Aurora...dont forget the veils!! LOL!!

Holm would be a good home for JJ Jr.! Hes probably to much of a manly man to like being picked up, but like most turkeys, loves the attention! Turkeys can quickly become "entitled "! Daisy "expects" a lap & snood scratch! My little ones are to the point they come running to the front of the pen when I go outside. It's a good thing!

 

[CindyinSD]

I brought home leftovers from the Mexican restaurant today. One of my poults grabbed a tortilla and started running with it, the rest of the boys close on his heels.

Echoes of Jurassic Park with two-footed raptors hot-footing it across the plains. They’re so cool!!!

 

[memphis]

LOL! Reminds me of when Daisy stole a piece of pizza and was chased by Annie & all the chickens!! She stole it off the plate of a friend while we were dinning outside. My friend still hasn't gotten over being mugged by a turkey.

 

[CindyinSD]

LOL! Reminds me of when Daisy stole a piece of pizza and was chased by Annie & all the chickens!! She stole it off the plate of a friend while we were dinning outside. My friend still hasn't gotten over being mugged by a turkey.

 

[FredsGobblers]

Well here is something I have never seen. A dbl beard side by side, I have only ever seen multiple beards vertically. Anyone ever seen this before? Wonder what would happen if I bred him to my bearded white hen (his mother), besides having white offspring lol.

 

[memphis]

Huh...never have seen that Fred. If you breed them....think of all the things you could do with big beards! Braids! Cornrows! You could really style those beards!!

 

[R2elk]

Well here is something I have never seen. A dbl beard side by side, I have only ever seen multiple beards vertically. Anyone ever seen this before? Wonder what would happen if I bred him to my bearded white hen (his mother), besides having white offspring lol.
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You might want to examine it up close to see just how it's coming out.

I had a 3 year old Bourbon Red tom that had the vertical double beard. He only had it when he was 3. He did not have it before or after and he lived to be 11 years old.

It is obviously my Sweetgrass tom that has the gene for a bearded hen. The Royal Palms that are the mothers of my Sweetgrass hens did not have beards but two out of the five Sweetgrass hens I kept that this tom fathered have beards and a 3rd looks iffy.

 

[FredsGobblers]

You might want to examine it up close to see just how it s coming out.

I was afraid you was going to ask me to get hands on. He is 1 yr old and in the butcher pen right now getting fattened up. I will have to pin him down and see if I can get a close up pic.

 

[Flashpoint]

One of my turkey poults has two crooked toes. Can this be fixed? Age right now is about 12 days. (No, I didn't wash his feet first).

Every other toe on all the birds looks normal. Not sure how I missed this or if it happened after hatch. I thought I had examined them pretty closely - along with my daughter who was here for the hatch (after dog saga), and several times since. She said she thought it was crooked on Sunday, but thought it was just the way the poult was standing.

 

[R2elk]

One of my turkey poults has two crooked toes. Can this be fixed? Age right now is about 12 days. (No, I didn't wash his feet first).

Every other toe on all the birds looks normal. Not sure how I missed this or if it happened after hatch. I thought I had examined them pretty closely - along with my daughter who was here for the hatch (after dog saga), and several times since. She said she thought it was crooked on Sunday, but thought it was just the way the poult was standing.

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It is really easy to straighten toes during the first couple of days. Once they get older, not so easy. It doesn't look like the crooked toes associated with a bad hatch. It is possible that they were injured recently.

if it was mine, I would let it be at this time and just not use it as a breeder. In your case I can understand if that is not the direction that you want to go.

Good luck.