A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[SarahGfa]

Tell them it's their problem to catch it.

Ummm I don't want government officials coming here messing with my animals and touching my stuff.

I'll try to catch it early tomorrow morning (have to get some others ready for sale anyway). If I can't catch it, then i think @kfelton0002 is right that I am not really in "possession" of it. Like the feral cats my neighbor feeds but claims no responsibility for.

 

[SarahGfa]

When I've helped my friend with broody hens previously, I approached them the same way I've approached chicken hens. My friend was afraid to deal the the hissing puffy broody turkey hens. They are bigger and bite harder, but I handled them the same way and the same methods that helped for chickens for breaking up broodies and things like that for example were the same. Everything else I'm figuring out as I go, but I am eager to learn. That is why I am so appreciative of the information and advice I've received on this thread/website.

It's different when they have poults. My broody turkey only hissed when I messed with her nest, but now she will kick and slap if I get close to the poults.

 

[KF0002]

It's different when they have poults. My broody turkey only hissed when I messed with her nest, but now she will kick and slap if I get close to the poults.

I imagine they are very fierce and protective of their poults.

 

[KF0002]

Ummm I don't want government officials coming here messing with my animals and touching my stuff.

I'll try to catch it early tomorrow morning (have to get some others ready for sale anyway). If I can't catch it, then i think @kfelton0002 is right that I am not really in "possession" of it. Like the feral cats my neighbor feeds but claims no responsibility for.

I can't imagine Fish and Wildlife caring enough to come and try to catch a poult. The little poult isn't going to hurt anything growing up alongside your domestic birds. And when the time comes and it can fend for itself, if it so chooses it can go back to the woods where it came from. The wild calls to them, and it's a hardwired instinct that is innate. If it lingers around your property you could still deny possession as long as it isn't confined. Wild turkeys linger around our property and are all over the place where I live. No one would ever acknowledge or even care to question a wild turkey lingering around your domestics.

 

[KF0002]

Could you help me with this @R2elk since you raise Sweetgrass. Or anyone else with experience with Sweetgrass.

Which of these juveniles are looking Sweetgrass so far?

The one in the front is my favorite jake. I think he looks sweetgrass, is that accurate? We can refer to him as #1. The one in back (#2) is much lighter with no penciling. I'm sorry that is the best picture of #2 I managed to get.

#3 is lighter also with what looks like may be semi penciling?

#4 is semi penciled? and has a less defined tail band.

And #5 is darker like #1. She is my favorite jenny.

 

[Molpet]

Actually in my state I'm supposed to have the turkeys enclosed so they can't spread their genes to the wild.

 

[KF0002]

Actually in my state I'm supposed to have the turkeys enclosed so they can't spread their genes to the wild.

Wow that is interesting. I don't think Kentucky has such laws but I may try to look into it. I don't plan on free ranging turkeys outside of my goat lot because I don't want them tearing up my neighbors landscaping. My chickens don't wander that far but I've been told turkeys just might. Lol. I also don't want to lose them to predators.

 

[R2elk]

While Narragansett is recessive and is not visually displayed unless a bird inherits two copies,

Narragansett is a sex linked gene. Females can only have one Narragansett gene and that is all it takes for the trait to be displayed in hens. Because of this it is impossible for a hen with the Narragansett gene to pass it on to her female offspring. Females that have the Narragansett gene got it from their fathers.

I am trying to get to the bottom of how to tell the difference in a Sweetgrass and a tri colored palm or Calico.

Sweetgrass breed true and lack the Narragansett gene that would make them a Royal Palm.

Tri-color Palms may or may not breed true. I have never seen the explanation for the brown color that causes a Royal Palm to be a Tri-color.

Calicos also don't breed true. They do have the Narragansett gene and one red color gene.

Test breedings is how I would differentiate the three.

Some tri colored palms (Calico)

Not all Tri-color Palms are Calicos. Calicos have a red gene. A turkey can be a Tri-color palm without having a red gene therefore it is not a calico.

 

[R2elk]

Are tri colored palms and calicos the same? If not, what makes them different.

Tri-color Palms do not have a red gene. Calicos do have a red gene.

 

[R2elk]

It's different when they have poults. My broody turkey only hissed when I messed with her nest, but now she will kick and slap if I get close to the poults.

This is why you remove the hen from the pen before catching the poults. I do it out in the open right after a hen comes off of her hidden nest. I position myself so the hen is behind me in case she decides to flog me.