Chickchair, the summer before last (turks had just feathered out and were living in temp. chain link pen until current abode was finished), I screwed up and left the gate open!
The next morning we had a thick, ground clinging, fog; four feet of white soup. I looked in the pen - not a turk to...
She's quite able to fly
No kidding! Ours (in her wilder days) was a chimney turkey but, as a recent pic suggests, now she's a contortionist! That is her normal roosting position.
We have a hen and a tom (hand raised). They are no more `flighty/nervous' than the Slates. Miss Hiss weighs in at ~7lb. and Screamer at ~14lb.
I'll post these shots with apologies to those who've seen them in other threads in other places:
Miss Hiss and Spotted Head being wooed by a Wild Tom...