A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[memphis]

He's a handsome bird.

Geez! Its currently 73 degrees here. We are under a tornado watch. Severe thunderstorms, damaging winds & hail expected within the next few hours. Once that initial line passes, the temperature falls and we are expecting ice. What the heck! I hate weather like this.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

I just went out to give my birds their scratch grains before dark and found Cinnamon, my 6 mo old jake mounting the dead body of my jenny Cornbread.

I feel like blaming him, but I'm sure it probably wasn't his fault. I don't know. Can a tom crush a hen to death? I checked her all over and found no wounds or plucked patches. They've all been huddling up a lot against the cold lately, but if she was sick, it wasn't obvious. Man, I hate the downside of bird keeping.

I'm so sorry

 

[feedman77]

r2elk: the tom I thought bred looked nothing like the barred black. although he was black and the only bird at the time that i had that expressed barring in the wings.

but I got several in the bunch (poults) at that time were supposed to be pure slates. I did have a tom blue that looked like the 2nd bird.

it was late in the season when I got this poult. with the barring I assumed the black tom mated with the bourbons. I keep my breeding pure anymore unless I experiment for my own use.

So I will go along with your and ralphie assessment of red slate.

Finnie: Sorry about your loss.

 

[duluthralphie]

r2elk: the tom I thought bred looked nothing like the barred black. although he was black and the only bird at the time that i had that expressed barring in the wings.

but I got several in the bunch (poults) at that time were supposed to be pure slates. I did have a tom blue that looked like the 2nd bird.

it was late in the season when I got this poult. with the barring I assumed the black tom mated with the bourbons. I keep my breeding pure anymore unless I experiment for my own use.

So I will go along with your and ralphie assessment of red slate.

Finnie: Sorry about your loss.

Wow.. You're doing what I plan to do. I like the colors and mixing but it makes more sense to keep the varieties pure for me, for this year anyways.


JJ is not going to be a Daddy again, unless someone else has a Hen that wants his genes. ( You would not get JJ, just his genes!!!)

 

[duluthralphie]

He's a handsome bird.

Geez! Its currently 73 degrees here. We are under a tornado watch. Severe thunderstorms, damaging winds & hail expected within the next few hours. Once that initial line passes, the temperature falls and we are expecting ice. What the heck! I hate weather like this.

DO not tell me about your weather!

 

[R2elk]

He's a handsome bird.

Geez! Its currently 73 degrees here. We are under a tornado watch. Severe thunderstorms, damaging winds & hail expected within the next few hours. Once that initial line passes, the temperature falls and we are expecting ice. What the heck! I hate weather like this.

Well I went from 50°F on Thursday to -27°F this morning and it has warmed up today since it is all the way up to -7°F right now.

I was sitting at the computer when I heard and felt a loud thump as something hit the window very hard. I found this strange looking dazed "turkey" sitting below the window. I was not able to get a better picture as it recovered enough to fly away as I approached.



As long as I had the camera out, I got a few pictures of real turkeys.

Sweetgrass tom


Bearded ladies

The hens have bigger beards than the toms.





Self Blue tom.

 

[Finnie]

 


Sorry for your loss.  I have never had a tom kill a hen by crushing her.  I have had hens have their sides ripped open by unwanted breeding attempts.  Those wounds are easy to spot.  On the other hand, if a young tom finds a dead hen, he will definitely mount her. 

A young Tom will mount an upside dish.

I'm glad that I can stop blaming the pup.

Thank you everyone.

 

[duluthralphie]

R2elk the proper first aid for a turkey like the one that hit the window is to immediately inject it with lead to speed the healing.

 

[Finnie]

Well I went from 50°F on Thursday to -27°F this morning and it has warmed up today since it is all the way up to -7°F right now. I was sitting at the computer when I heard and felt a loud thump as something hit the window very hard. I found this strange looking dazed "turkey" sitting below the window. I was not able to get a better picture as it recovered enough to fly away as I approached. As long as I had the camera out, I got a few pictures of real turkeys. Sweetgrass tom Bearded ladies The hens have bigger beards than the toms.

This one is sure giving you the stink eye!

 

[duluthralphie]

This one is sure giving you the stink eye!

I didn't notice that until you mentioned it, but he is! R2elk you better lock your door at night and never turn your back on that one!











edited to add the letters my cheap keyboard skips..