:(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...
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...
Just this past weekend our young (5mo) Tom found his gobble. His strutting and spitting button has also turned on big time. The wierdest thing is that he has started throwing temper tantrums if he doesn't get his way.
For example; it was time for him and our female to go in their cage...
Our Jenny got ahold of a fishing lure and as a result she almost cut the tip of her beak off. It cut across from one side almost to the other. We cleaned it up with rubbing alcohol and Crazy Glued it. It's a bit crooked but still attached.
The Tom wanted to peck at it as it bled so I held her...
We just noticed today that our Jake's breast is bald in the center. When we looked closely we saw large pin feathers starting to come in on the edges of the bald patch.
Is this just a normal moulting thing? The bald spot continues underneath the baby fluff as well.
Another question; his...
Can turkeys learn voice commands, or to react to certain phrases?
Our 3mo. old Jake will strut his stuff when we say, "Oohhhh, Looook. Ohhh how pretty!"
Almost every single time.
Is he just trying to impress us with how handsome he is all the time, or is he really reacting to our silly...
I understand that there are different names for turkey growing stages, but would someone please clarify them for me?
At what age do they stop being a Poult and start being called a Pullet?
Do I even have those names correct?
Thanks,
P.
Pinky pooped on the floor and left blood drops behind. We flipped her over and found the blood to be coming from her big tail feathers that are trying to grow in.
Did she break something off to cause it to bleed? There were some clumps, not just runny blood.
Is this what happens when those big...
Exactly five weeks ago we brought our two poults home from the feed store. I'm guessing they are about 5.5 to 6 weeks old.
Right now our turkeys are living in a rabbit hutch outside with a 100 watt heat lamp on during the night. They sleep on wood shavings with a blanket over the sides of the...
I have to be careful leaving the front door open. This poult keeps trying to make friends with our African Grey Parrot "Gracie".
Gracie is doing her upside down trick, showing off for her new friend.
Gracie is trying to talk her friend into moving over a little closer.
This in the...
Sorry about the double post. my computer burped.
Here are our poults. They still fuss with each other as to which one is the boss, although this one seems to strut more often than the other one will.
The one with the Angel wing will fill out, then let it go. He/she doesn't hold the show off...
Here are our poults. They still fuss with each other as to which one is the boss, although this one seems to strut more often than the other one will.
The one with the Angel wing will fill out, then let it go. He/she doesn't hold the show off pose like it's partner.
I can't help but laugh at...
One of our poults has a wierd wing. We noticed when it's feathers started to grow out, the bottom ones stuck out just a bit. I could tuck them back in, but they would eventually poke back out again.
Now that it's getting bigger, the feathers really stick out.
It seems to be able to fly as...
I am wondering if my poult's poop could be telling me something....Sometimes it is as it should be, all together, then this morning there was a large dark green splotty puddle waiting for me at the front door.
They still live indoors, but get put out in the front yard first thing in the...
Our two poults have started dancing with each other.
One will walk up to the other and stand as tall as it can, pushing it's chest out. The second one will match the bump, then they circle each other bumping and bobbing their heads.
One will eventually squat down in front of the other as if...
Our two poults are being kept in the family room until they either stink us out, or are too big to stay put in their bin. Tonight as my DH and I went upstairs the two of them starting peeping something fierce. It lasted until we returned. They must have missed the sound of our voices.
When we...
I have two poults. The smaller one is active; eating, drinking, obsessing on the walls of the galvanized tank, exploring, walking around the bin. The larger of the two eats and drinks, but seems to sleep more than the other. It's very noticable how different the two of them are as far as...
Hello!
We are new to this message board and want to start out by thanking everyone for the informative posts we've read so far. I picked up my belated Mother's day gifts yesterday, two BB poults. They will be family pets/yard art.
They aren't my first turkeys as I had one ten years ago...