A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[duluthralphie]

That's part of my concern, them trying to roost in the trees. We have bears, Mtn lion, Bob cat, roaming dogs, if they get in a tree I may not be able to get them out. If the come down on the wrong side of the fence the town seizes the flock. Very strict. I also have two dogs of my own to protect them from. All my birds are in secure coops and runs, but my Turks deserve more space. I've tried everything I can think of to avoid clipping, but after all I tried, nothing else is practical.

I have no idea for you..

I can understand the city being upset. Nothing is more conducive to a city's decay and crime rate than a turkey on the wrong side of a fence. Just like a rooster's crow is way worse for the public peace than a yipping fufu dog.....



The dripping sarcasm was intended and not by accident.....

 

[JRNash]

I have no idea for you..

I can understand the city being upset. Nothing is more conducive to a city's decay and crime rate than a turkey on the wrong side of a fence.  Just like a rooster's crow is way worse for the public peace than a yipping  fufu dog.....



The dripping sarcasm was intended and not by accident..... 

My failed foray into geese was spurned in part by my neighbors yapping mutt. I beleive the little spazoid barks at the grass. It was VERY SATISFYING to find out the aforementioned neighbors could hear the geese VERY WELL

 

[cluckylady812]

That's part of my concern, them trying to roost in the trees. We have bears, Mtn lion, Bob cat, roaming dogs, if they get in a tree I may not be able to get them out. If the come down on the wrong side of the fence the town seizes the flock. Very strict. I also have two dogs of my own to protect them from. All my birds are in secure coops and runs, but my Turks deserve more space. I've tried everything I can think of to avoid clipping, but after all I tried, nothing else is practical.

I have no idea for you..

I can understand the city being upset. Nothing is more conducive to a city's decay and crime rate than a turkey on the wrong side of a fence.  Just like a rooster's crow is way worse for the public peace than a yipping  fufu dog.....



The dripping sarcasm was intended and not by accident..... 

I agree a thousand percent! It's absurd, but if I want my flock I have to play by the rules. It's a tiny town, less than 500 people and we are new here. I don't want to be the newbie ignoring the statute and wind up with a bigger restriction or ban.
But dirt bikes tearing up and down my street all day is acceptable I guess. And roaming dogs. We moved to the country, and decided we are still too urban lol.

 

[JRNash]

I report UNLICENSED vehicles.

 

[JRNash]

Especially the ones without mufflers.

 

[JRNash]

I allways encourage people to scrutinize the local codes and restrictions. It pays to know the letter of the law.

 

[Turkey parents]

Looks like we'll be posting an armed guard around the turkey pen for a couple days until the local lion trackers can hunt down the lion we saw yesterday

 

[JRNash]

Looks like we'll be posting an armed guard around the turkey pen for a couple days until the local lion trackers can hunt down the lion we saw yesterday

Where do you live? I want to make sure I NEVER go there.lol

 

[holm25]

The pictures make it hard to tell, but I tend to agree the Bronze are BBB...

Do not consider it eating Herman, instead have a dinner in his honor, if he is 4 months now, he will be huge at Thanksgiving. You will find he might have trouble walking if you can even keep him walking then. You will be saving him the misery of old age and lots of pain if you make him a dinner guest.

You can also be proud you gave him a great life even if it was a short one. For a BBB anyone raising them is making them a lucky bird. They tend to live inside in crowded conditions and not a lot of interaction with people.

Holm has a BBB hen, he is an expert at keeping birds alive well beyond their time. But even he has not been able to get her to breed or live a truly normal turkey life. I think he is planning a dinner with his family in her honor.

I do have a tendancy for keeping meat birds alive longer than they r suppose to live! My BBB hen is 1 year old and can do anything other turkeys do except for breed... She is on free feed and does fine but its not what they are bred for and at some point they are just fat pets who dont serve that great of a purpose except for food and pets who will end up with issues.

 

[Finnie]

They have a fenced run, and I'm building a new huge run. They are and will be fenced in. Our town requires " enclosures from which they cannot escape ". I can't have them flying over the 6' fence. All the runs are covered with aviary netting, but the new area has trees in a portion. The netting won't work there.it's along the back privacy fence and I can't block the trees from the run and the fence. I'm sorry for the confusion. I read over the post and that really wasn't clear. Thank you for your help tho!

Ohh, gotcha, fenced but not covered. Makes perfect sense now. If you don't think daytime predators would be a problem for clipped turkeys, you could try it and see how it works. If not, they will grow back when the turkeys molt. Now that I think about it, do turkeys molt in the fall like chickens?