A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[memphis]

Hi Kiwibird! Glad you joined in!! Turkeys are fascinating! Everyone needs a few!! LOL!

 

[Kiwibird]

Hi Kiwibird! Glad you joined in!! Turkeys are fascinating! Everyone needs a few!! LOL!

Thanks, @memphis! Yours seem to be the most urban turkeys on the thread, so they interest me. How much space do they have?

 

[memphis]

Yep...mine are city girls. Their pen/coop is 16x16 and they free range during the day. They have a 200x200 yard. It works for us.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

Glad you jumped in @Kiwibird !

We've been dealing with snow sqauls and white outs here today and the wind feels bitter. There was some commotion at the end of the school day. There was a multi car crash near the bus stop today so our kids were delayed getting home. They actually split them all between two buses ance sent 1 bus forward on the route and one backwards to get the kids home. I ended up sitting with the neighbor at the top of the hill waiting for the kids to get home. Since there was a car stuck on the hill and a truck pulling him out, I just told DH to go home and we'd all just hitch a ride. It was interesting to say the least lol

The turkeys don't seem to mind the snowing and blowing at all. They were out running around as usual and the preteens were playing in the brooder and trying to jump on my head when I opened it lol

 

[Bantambird]

If I'm remembering correctly, the tri colored mottled blue has a sweetgrass sire and a blue slate mother, correct? If so, should I go ahead and put the sweetgrass hens in with him along with the other four? Would some sweetgrass result? Perhaps blue sweetgrass? I want the tri colored blue in with my broad breasted hen Miss Fatty( formerly Poopwing) because he seems the most solid among the young Tom's and I think the color combos will be really neat.

 

[Bantambird]

The other hens are Annabelle, the burbon red who might not be able to lay because of eggbinding and possibly salpingitis, Rosabelle, my virile royal Palm, the tri colored mottled black hen, and Pretty Girl, the red bronze hen.

 

[Bantambird]

I really think you are seeing a coyote or large feral dog.

Those of us up here are lay-experts on wolves. We are inundated with them. They are given a protected status they do not deserve.

I also know the wolf area maps understate the range and number of wolves.

I know several states and the feds are transplanting our wolves to their prior areas. Good for us we lose some wolves, bummer for those getting them.

Wolves are not really a prairie critter.

Seeing wolves in the wild is not the norm. I have spent most my life in the areas on the map showing the highest concentration of wolves. I can count on one hand the number of times I have seen them in the wild.


I spent years (over 30) working that area, outdoors, driving and flying over it (I flew helicopter over that area at low altitudes lower than allowed by civilians)
I have checked fisherman and hunters for law compliance. )

i mention this just to inform you my contact was more than casual with the outdoors. A true wolf is huge! I released one from a trap years ago. It was a juvenile. But still larger than my adult labs. Taller for sure. I would guess the teenager I released was close to 100 pounds.

In addition, when people say they saw a white wolf, coyote springs to my mind. White wolves in the continental USA are extremely rare. To have one (let alone a pack) in Oklahoma would make the Chi-square obsolete.

regarding white wolves, this would not have been a big deal other than the rareness:

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo...ite-wolf-in-yellowstone-was-shot-park-reveals


Secondly, here is a map of wolf range:

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There are definitely wolf issues in Montana. I wish we could give them back. You can have them.

 

[R2elk]

If I'm remembering correctly, the tri colored mottled blue has a sweetgrass sire and a blue slate mother, correct? If so, should I go ahead and put the sweetgrass hens in with him along with the other four? Would some sweetgrass result? Perhaps blue sweetgrass? I want the tri colored blue in with my broad breasted hen Miss Fatty( formerly Poopwing) because he seems the most solid among the young Tom's and I think the color combos will be really neat.

Crossing the Tri-Color Mottled Slate with Sweetgrass hens can produce

Tri-Color Mottled Slates
Tri-Color Mottled Blacks
Barred Slate Gray
Barred Black Gray
Cornish Palm
Blue Cornish Palm
Sweetgrass
Blue Sweetgrass

If Miss Fatty is a BBB the possible results can be

Barred Slate
Barred Black
Tri-Color Mottled Slates
Tri-Color Mottled Blacks
Red Slate
Bronze
Red Slate Semi-Color Semi-Gray
Bronze Semi-Color Semi-Gray

 

[Phillyndilly]

I saw what I thought was a wolf once but it was a coyote for sure it was just shocking.
My girl found what I believe to be her spot she was so happy and when I put the ducks and geese away and tried to close the door she still didn’t hop off lol!

 

[R2elk]

There are definitely wolf issues in Montana. I wish we could give them back. You can have them.

Same in Wyoming. I think the best thing to do is to transplant them to Washington D.C.