Typical from turkeys that have imprinted on people.
I had 4 jakes I went through doing everything recommended as far as showing dominance. Feeding high protein worked the best so long as that was the only food. As soon as the mulberry or grass seed ripen the dominant would attack me. I ended...
I'm a retired woman. I use a cut up kitty litter jug as a cone for chickens. I have a bought cone for turkeys.
I use electric tape around the ankles so if they get away from me I have an easier time catching them again. I had a turkey get away this spring and he was able to kangaroo 40 ft before...
Most of My turkeys refuse the coop. Last Sunday I seen feathers and blood. Found a turkey jenny with a scab from eye to beak and blood on her chest feathers. I hemmed and hawwed for a couple hours about harvesting or see if she recover. I have had a couple turkeys that were injured and didn't...
I have found mink heads and rabbit heads under trees that had owl pellets. Dog pointed out a headless rabbit in the top of hazelnut bushes, about 8 ft up... under a Black walnut
Most of mine stay put the first 3 days and 3 days before hatching. Some of mine get off every day in between for 10 minutes to a couple hours. Some get off every 3 days.
I let them do their own thing whenever possible.
They have been hatching eggs for thousands of years.
I do mark and remove...
The only rabbit tracks I see is up by the house and in the poultry yard. There's several that don't run from me. Also found a bit of fur and a bunch of intestines in the middle of the driveway early morning, so I figured owl.
I have one , Good Mama, turkey hen that loves her chicks more than the poults. She stays with the chickens year round. Her eggs don't seem to hatch well. I seen her getting mounted by a tom 2x this year but neither were successful. . I have another that ignores what hatched until she isn't...
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Glad it went better.
The first one is the hardest. Actually the first one every year is hard for me..... so I overwinter a couple extra jakes for Easter and when they start fighting it is much easier 😂