- Mar 25, 2007
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I ordered some turkey poults with my chick order this year.
DH does not approve of turkeys, it turns out. I thought I could bring him around, but he is completely convinced that he will end up having to slaughter them himself (he doesn't want to, although he eats store-boughten--I can slaughter them or get a friend to do it) or that they will cost substantially more to feed (I'll buy the feed out of my own pocket).
However, too late, the turkeys are ordered, and 5 Sweetgrass/Calico poults are due to arrive next month. At first they're going to look pretty much like big chicks, so I'm going to tell him they are packing peanuts. Two weeks later it will be June and warm enough to put the chicks out in the coop. DH does not go in any coop of any kind if he can possibly help it, and we have two--one for the chickens and another built by the previous owner that is going to be the Turkey Coop.
When can I expect them to look really very much like a turkey, as opposed to a big chicken? At what point should I expect DH to come screaming in the house that there are TURKEYS in the bleeping yard? Bearing in mind that DH cannot tell a domestic turkey from a wild one, and goes out of his way to pretend the coops don't exist. I'm hoping I can get all the way till, oh, September, before he realizes that not only are there turkeys, but they are my turkeys...
DH does not approve of turkeys, it turns out. I thought I could bring him around, but he is completely convinced that he will end up having to slaughter them himself (he doesn't want to, although he eats store-boughten--I can slaughter them or get a friend to do it) or that they will cost substantially more to feed (I'll buy the feed out of my own pocket).
However, too late, the turkeys are ordered, and 5 Sweetgrass/Calico poults are due to arrive next month. At first they're going to look pretty much like big chicks, so I'm going to tell him they are packing peanuts. Two weeks later it will be June and warm enough to put the chicks out in the coop. DH does not go in any coop of any kind if he can possibly help it, and we have two--one for the chickens and another built by the previous owner that is going to be the Turkey Coop.
When can I expect them to look really very much like a turkey, as opposed to a big chicken? At what point should I expect DH to come screaming in the house that there are TURKEYS in the bleeping yard? Bearing in mind that DH cannot tell a domestic turkey from a wild one, and goes out of his way to pretend the coops don't exist. I'm hoping I can get all the way till, oh, September, before he realizes that not only are there turkeys, but they are my turkeys...