Got eggs of these last May. After having the Silky-sized Peruvian Araucanas - these looked HUGE! The roosters eyeball me, asking for treats, as I sit on the Adirondack-chair in the yard - their heads are above the armrest! I have to guard my food! Mine are not aggressive. They don't like being...
Don't know how young they are - but the Midget White jake that was my first turk - loved to kick-box a kids' plastic playball... like you get at a dollar store or Walmart in summer.
My old Labrador has protected my flock for almost 12 years. She was raised as a pup along with them during the day, at night with me in the house. They just need an education from Human to know what's OK behavior and what's not. As they grow they get to think of the flock as theirs - and that's...
Have looked, and NO ONE is near enough for a drive. No the gobbler remains - he may be the only one within 150 miles. He's not aggressive - just retardedly stuck on a problem. I was hoping someone had a trick to guide him correctly.
Wondering, because the hen will also squat for me... or the...
Mine are a year and a half old. My previous gobbler lived to 12 YO, and didn't have a problem till 10, when his hocks got arthritic. Had turks for over a decade, and NEVER saw one fumble sex repeatedly before! That's why I posted! To ask if there a way to help him or show him - HOW it works...
I only have the single pair. I cull my gobbler - and then I have no gobbler... would have to go through all the expense and effort and waste another year to buy hatching eggs and raise them to adulthood. Don't wanna "do over".:(
Oh! And I don't think he can corner her to accidently kill her -...
I'm an old member, and have been off doing my stuff for many years. I've had turkeys before, and never came into this problem before. Want to know if anyone else has, and if there's a solution I haven't thought of.
I currently have a Black-winged Bronze gobbler and a Regal Red hen. They're...
I've had this breed for over a decade. I love the eye-candy they provide when I sit in the yard. The ear-tufts are so unique, and rumplessness is cool even if other breeds produce this. I keep a flock of mixed tufted, clean-faced, rumpless, and tailed - I'm not picky about SOP. This mix makes...
It's been awhile since I've posted, so I'm checking in. I still have Peruvian Araucanas, Purple and Violet Guineas, and my pair of Turks are 8 yrs. old now. I was looking for someone around the Fluvanna/Albemarle/Buckingham area who's Turks are laying, so I can hatch replacements. Ya'all know...