A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[R2elk]

I just got onto my laptop today, and the guinea egg is now a guinea keet... it looks like a pied keet, but its markings are too dark to be a pied, so i'm thinking it might be a Royal purple, and a 2nd egg has just started pipping, so i'm excited to see what color the 2nd keet is

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Helmeted Guinea Fowl Color Chart

 

[memphis]

Skinny Iris is still hanging close. Guess she scared herself the other day. Gosh she's such a pretty and delicate looking hen. So girlie. She not too delicate....can kick like a mule!

 

[memphis]

The poults stood at the gate & watched Daisy & I head off for our evening stroll. They haven't followed us yet. Daisy drops them like hot potatoes when it's time for her walk. Kids are all back in school so they aren't out free ranging. But the grazing is good so she's not minding much! The poults get all excited when we reappear in the backyard. They just haven't worked up the courage to follow us yet. And that's ok....I have visions of Iris flying back to Arkansas when the first car drives by! She's quite dramatic at times!!

 

[OneMountainAcres]

The poults stood at the gate & watched Daisy & I head off for our evening stroll. They haven't followed us yet. Daisy drops them like hot potatoes when it's time for her walk. Kids are all back in school so they aren't out free ranging. But the grazing is good so she's not minding much! The poults get all excited when we reappear in the backyard. They just haven't worked up the courage to follow us yet. And that's ok....I have visions of Iris flying back to Arkansas when the first car drives by! She's quite dramatic at times!!

Lol! I can imagine your first walk with the poults will be stressful for all but I'm sure they'll get in to the same comfortable routine as Miss Daisy. Though, being a palm, Iris will probably always be a bit flighty.

Ever told me this morning that she wanted to free range today. She doesn't do that often but since it's going to be a nice day, I let her out. As soon as she headed for the door, Pebbles, Sweet Pea, Baby, and Cynthia all marched in a line right behind her lol. I haven't looked yet but I'm sure most of the regular escapees are probably out by now too. There's going to be very few actually IN the pen today! They better all stay in the yard!

 

[memphis]

Aww....love how you understand what your turkeys are saying! I'm sure the ladies are having a wonderful time roaming around! I've been working in the yard. The poults are suspicious of my tools. But since Daisy is closely supervising, they are sticking tight. I'll turn them into gardeners yet!!

 

[aliciaplus3]

found a little silver one in the bator this morning.... just checked and the second turkey egg is hatching , looks black but it's still very wet so we will see. Oh and 2 chicks have hatched... when I looked last night 3 maybe 4 of the chicken eggs looked like late quitters? Oh well still have 3 more weekends worth of hatches so I won't get to excited either way .... yet

 

[Flashpoint]

Baby pics of the one I had out this morning. It wasn't quite daylight yet, but they were all up yelling for breakfast.

 

[duluthralphie]

I found Junior showing off.. he was also interested in the camera...

I also had others wanting their pictures taken.

Note some of these might not be turkeys..starting with Tweety..he was not happy about being held...

 

[memphis]

Jr is handsome!! Tweety looks grumpy! The hens are beautiful. And I was happy to see the SS!

 

[OneMountainAcres]

Anyone want some entertainment? The kids' first football game of the season was yesterday and I recorded our band's halftime show. Brendon said that they messed up the beginning but they were rushed and nervous/excited lol

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=2437491599621136

and the turkeys are just fine this morning lol