thats wonderful to hear. i'm definitely going to get me some. this weekend, i'll be making their coop area. i've always done things backwards...buy the bird THEN make the pen. this time, i told myself, i won't buy the birds until i have made the coop.
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OH, is THAT not the funniest story EVER!!! i never get tired of reading that article. that woman has a way with words and the way she tells the story is wonderful.
here's a little blurb about them.
In the 1960s Dr. J. Robert Smyth at the University of Massachusetts, created the Midget White turkey breed to meet an anticipated demand for a small turkeyâ??capable of fitting into the smaller refrigerators of an increasing number of urban dwellers and single...
i wondered if there were any since we have bantams so why not smaller turkeys? and then i found the white midget information on feathersite and a couple of other sites so was just wondering if anyone had ever raised them.
michele
i'm thinking about getting a half a dozen turkeys soon and am thinking about getting the white midgets. with my height and weight, the BB's are just too darn big for me to handle. i have a wrestle one hen one time to keep her from getting away and i'm not wanting to do that again. the midgets...