A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[Chaos18]

Does anyone near MD have sweetgrass turkeys? I'll gladly take eggs or poults.

I'm trying to but I don't have any currently.

 

[R2elk]

R2elk, Holm, Let me be perfectly clear, I would take a Tom, However taking a Tom would tick off my DW, the daughter of the Wicked Witch of the South. Bringing a Tom home when I have 9 here now would increase the chances I wake up some morning a capon.

I really like the idea of @holm25 learning artificial insemination. There are tutorials on the internet. Using AI, you don't have to mess with the worry of bringing in another turkey. just keep one of your Self Blue hens isolated from the toms and have Holm (at the appropriate time) get semen from someone's Bourbon Red tom and have him artificially inseminate that hen.

It would be a great learning experience for @holm25 .

 

[duluthralphie]

I really like the idea of @holm25 learning artificial insemination. There are tutorials on the internet. Using AI, you don't have to mess with the worry of bringing in another turkey. just keep one of your Self Blue hens isolated from the toms and have Holm (at the appropriate time) get semen from someone's Bourbon Red tom and have him artificially inseminate that hen.

It would be a great learning experience for @holm25 .

I like the idea too!

Holm could bring me the semen I need and "install" it in my hens.

It would go hand in hand with his other project. Holm is a homeschooled youth. He has decided as a community service project to visit all the members of BYC over 60 living in Minnesota on days it is below 0 to do their chores for them. He is a great young man for offering this.


He could just bring the semen and breed a couple of my hens while he waters and feeds them.

 

[RetiredRon]

Mo- the one I referred to as Tom till I learned both were toms.. Curly- the one that walks on curled toes..
Yip they beat each other up pretty bad. My bathroom became a hospital. I cleaned them.
Curly has been staying in the tub and more I tried letting him out yesterday. He mopped and never ate..
I'm not sure either is eating or drinking. Mo's snood is really swollen. I'm worried about them..

 

[holm25]

I have seen how to AI turkeys on Dirty Jobs. Go fogure that they did it in Minnesota too!!

 

[duluthralphie]

Mo- the one I referred to as Tom till I learned both were toms.. Curly- the one that walks on curled toes..
Yip they beat each other up pretty bad. My bathroom became a hospital. I cleaned them.
Curly has been staying in the tub and more I tried letting him out yesterday. He mopped and never ate..
I'm not sure either is eating or drinking. Mo's snood is really swollen. I'm worried about them..

Swollen snoods occur during the game called "Snood pulling contests". It is a common disorder caused by excessive snood pulling contests. When I saw the first one I was in shock a turkey of mine could do that. I soon come to realize all turkeys do it. Sometimes they pull the other turkey's snood for 5 minutes or more.

I think your turkey is playing you for more indoor loving time. They are devious and will do that stuff.

 

[Chaos18]

I have seen how to AI turkeys on Dirty Jobs. Go fogure that they did it in Minnesota too!!

So you already know everything you need.

 

[holm25]

So you already know everything you need.

Kinda... Except the equipment!!

 

[duluthralphie]

Holm it is 9am.. I need my eggs collected. Please hurry and get here..

 

[holm25]

Feisty any news on the chick/egg??