A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[memphis]

Cornflake! . That's such a cute name!

Feedman, those bellybuttons are way cute!

 

[toptom]

What kind of visitors are you wanting to scare? Human or avian?

I think my turkeys do a pretty good job of causing hawks to look elsewhere. I see quite a few hawks around here, and they seem to just fly by or sit on a tree or fence for a few minutes and then leave. When they sit on our four foot fence, the turkeys will start to advance towards them and the hawks don't stick around long enough for the turkey to reach the fence.

Females are better for this than males, so you don't need a large turkey for it. My females will spot a hawk when it is just a distant speck, and they make a special hawk trill noise that I have learned to recognize. Nothing escapes their notice. On the other hand, I've had my male for two months now, and I've never seen him alert to anything. When I hear the alert call now, I'll see the girls with their eyes on the sky, and Coconut will just be strutting around completely oblivious.

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Both!... Thanks for sharing!

Any friendly Tom will do this. Non-Turkey people are scared poopless when a Tom comes running to greet them. Their alien language for "I love you" will make them turn tail and run.

Thanks! I have a pair of swan goose, the male tends to be aggressive and chases people. I would want my turkeys to scare people too, but won't be that aggressive.

The Ostrich is about the largest of the Turkey breeds I know of and should intimidate most visitors

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Enjoy your day

lol... It would be nice to have one, and a pen in front of the house.

 

[tracyjg]

To cute

 

[Finnie]

Cornflake!

. That's such a cute name!

Thanks! When he gets a Royal Palm sister, her name is going to be Snowflake.

Then when my other hen, Muffin has a baby, it's name is going to be Cupcake!

And then that's all I'm going to allow myself to keep...

Oh, and Cornflake is much fluffier today.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

Sorry I didn't get my weekly pictures of the mottled blacks in this week. Hubby kept stealing my good camera lol. I'll get them next week though

 

[gevshiba]

Today I had a hen sitting on 2 chicken eggs, 4 fake eggs and a pecan. I don't know why they keep trying to hatch pecans.

 

[memphis]

. A pecan! Well, one of my Australorps decided she's broody this week. She's sitting on nothing! Unfortunately I'm leaving Sunday to show dogs for a week. So my chicken/turkey sitter is thrlled about tossing her out of the nest a few times a day.

For some reason I just can't get my sitter to give Daisy any lap time while I'm gone. Boy will I hear about that when I get home. Daisy will have her beak out of joint when I get back.

 

[memphis]

Aurora...your not the only one who owes us pictures! Finnid, Popcorn is darling!

I should have had my camera yesterday evening. Annie was hunting bugs in 4 inches of beautiful bright green fescue grass. It was just pretty....dark red turkey in the bright green grass.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

Memphis-that sounds like it would've been a beautiful picture!

 

[mom of silkies]

Just had 9 chocolate turkey poults hatch!! Hopefully will get at least a couple more!