A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[duluthralphie]

Please tell me the story and if it’s already been told, tell me the post #. I’ve got to read that.

Long story short, JJ followed her everywhere and bred her boots often.

He made sure no one got between her and him.

 

[R2elk]

Please tell me the story and if it’s already been told, tell me the post #. I’ve got to read that.

It is in this thread and also possibly in the Surviving Minnesota thread.

 

[Mimi13]

How will you tell newly hatched hens from Toms, sometimes we don’t know for 5-6 months.

Problem is that you cannot buy sexed poults.

I guess the answer is I don’t need turkeys then.

Would I purchase them after they are old enough to tell the sex? And then would a Tom be okay to have if he had not imprinted on me?

Why is it that turkeys cannot be sexed when all other large fowl can be?

 

[Mimi13]

Long story short, JJ followed her everywhere and bred her boots often.

He made sure no one got between her and him.

Yeah, I’ll bet you put him up to that!

 

[Mimi13]

It is in this thread and also possibly in the Surviving Minnesota thread.

Obviously Ralphie is proud of JJ if he posted it in two threads!

 

[R2elk]

I guess the answer is I don’t need turkeys then.

Would I purchase them after they are old enough to tell the sex? And then would a Tom be okay to have if he had not imprinted on me?

Why is it that turkeys cannot be sexed when all other large fowl can be?

You can buy sexed juveniles. You can tame a turkey that is older. Memphis got both of her hens as adults and turned them into lappers.

You can't by sexed guinea keets either.

 

[R2elk]

Yeah, I’ll bet you put him up to that!

Knowing turkeys I am sure that JJ did not need any encouragement.

 

[duluthralphie]

Knowing turkeys I am sure that JJ did not need any encouragement.

None at all.

But I was proud of JJ and EThel they were my first “pet” turkeys.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

Now c'mon it's not all that terrible to have an imprinted tom... Romeo is the sweetest guy ever!

 

[R2elk]

Now c'mon it's not all that terrible to have an imprinted tom... Romeo is the sweetest guy ever!

An extreme rarity. All of the problem toms that I have had to deal with were imprinted by someone else.