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    We think it's time and desperately need some guidance.

    Thank you everyone for your posts. I found the link very informative. I just can't do it. My friend who is the leader of 4H poultry and rabbits offered tonight to do the killing and bleeding out at her place. I know that she and her husband will treat him with respect. I also found a butcher...
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    We think it's time and desperately need some guidance.

    It is the crumbles that we've been feeding. I mis-typed on that one!
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    We think it's time and desperately need some guidance.

    They were just a couple of days old when we brought them home. They have been handled quite a bit since they were poults, they have no fear or distrust of humans, they actually both seek out the attention and to be pet. I even took them to school for show and tell in Nov. This may be getting a...
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    We think it's time and desperately need some guidance.

    We were very carefull not to over feed them, or so I thought. We gave the pair about 2 cups of layer scratch in the a.m. and again at night when we put them in their pen. They always seemed like they were starving, specially Big Guy, but we never gave them more. They cruised the yard from about...
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    We think it's time and desperately need some guidance.

    :(Our 9 mo. old BBB family pet "Big Guy" has developed a pretty bad limp. He is also sneezing/coughing and not looking his normal self. He's laying down to eat which is NOT like him. He had to use his right wing to help himself stand up when we cleaned their pen tonight. His quality of life is...
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    Turkey lifespan

    :lol:As I was laughing at your Emu looking through the sliding glass door of your house my DH walked into the room. He stood behind me and said, "Oh Sh*t, don't even go there, babe. You're not getting one." It's amazing how that man can read my mind so clearly at times. So...about Emu's as...
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    looking at my list and checken it twice

    When I quickly glanced at your post title I could have sworn it said, "looking at my list and chicken it twice." I had to take a second look. P.
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    when do toms get boyish? edited with pics

    Thank you for the compliments, I never expected such a response from hijacking a thread! To answer KandK's first question; in my last post, the Tom is the bird on the left hand side of the doorway. His snood was just starting to droop at that point. Regarding keeping things clean, the turkeys...
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    when do toms get boyish? edited with pics

    They are Bronze Breasted birds. They were my Mother's day presents. We ordered them from Farm Supply, and brought them home at 2 days old. They have been with us since day one, under the heat lamp in the den till they outgrew it. They moved outside at that point to an old rabbit coup. We still...
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    Thanksgiving: The Day After

    Our two birds are still walking. Funny thing, just before Thanksgiving I was out shopping at the local grocery store. As I was cruising the meat isle there were people digging through the frozen turkeys to find just the right one. I was thinking to myself, "Poor guys, having to eat a store...
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    when do toms get boyish? edited with pics

    Here are some photos of our Big Guy when he was little, although in his mind he was never little! He started to display his handsome self from the get go. Then.... ...and now! (6 mo. old)
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    Turkeys go on a Field Trip

    They probably could jump over or fly out, but ours didn't attempt it. We put them inside the fencing in our backyard to test it out a week prior to their adventure to school. They didn't make any attempt to escape what so ever. Our birds are also very tame, have never tried to fly out of our...
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    Turkeys go on a Field Trip

    I took these turkeys to school as Poults back in June. Unfortunately most of the children are too young to remember seeing them before. The few that did remember the Poults couldn't put it together that these were the same birds that fit into their hands just a little over 5 months ago.
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    Turkeys go on a Field Trip

    My turkeys went on a field trip today to school. They loved the kids, the attention, posing for photos and answering to the children's laughter. This little one was the last to leave. They spent the morning at school, were home by 2pm. A little tired, but none the worse for wear. I...
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    Shoud I get Stanley a girlfriend?

    Our Tom has a girlfriend, but she isn't interested in the mating scene SO he since has moved his love making attention to his new girlfriend...the blue Makita toolbox. They make a lovely pair. P.
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