A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[memphis]

Flashpoint, where are you that your just now seeing firefly? When my nephew was young he called them starbuggys

 

[JRNash]

Aurora, rejoice in being still in your 30s! Sure, it's not 20s any more, but it is SO much younger than 50s. And don't put stuff off "until the kids get older". Because time starts to fly too fast, and some projects are better started sooner rather than later.

I'm starting to wonder about the feasibility of some of my "Projects"

 

[JRNash]

Time.. ... Not enough when you want it and
Too much when you can't do anything

 

[R2elk]

I have a wild hive in a hollow oak right behind the house. If I get too close with the tractor they will start head butting me. The head butt is a warning to back off. The aggression zone isn't very big.

Are you sure it's a warning? My experience is if you happen to be in the direct flight path, especially the return path, they will slam right into you since they do not deviate from their path.

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• R2elk
• Jun 10, 2017
• 3

Where is the air traffic control when you need it?

 

[Flashpoint]

Flashpoint, where are you that your just now seeing firefly? When my nephew was young he called them starbuggys

Also known as lightning bugs. Western Maryland - where I can see 3 states from my front door. )

 

[R2elk]

R2elk...are you keeping bees this year?

Of course. I replaced the two lost hives and they are doing very well.

 

[Finnisher]

Hi, first time turkey owner. Just got 16 of em on Thursday, they're BB whites. A couple of the poults look like they have angel wing but I researched and apparently it's because they can't support the weight of their wing, is that correct?

Does anyone know what the little pimple above their beak is?

I'm going to try my hand at A.I. and if that fails i'll get a heritage tom.

 

[R2elk]

Hi, first time turkey owner. Just got 16 of em on Thursday, they're BB whites. A couple of the poults look like they have angel wing but I researched and apparently it's because they can't support the weight of their wing, is that correct?
Does anyone know what the little pimple above their beak is?

I'm going to try my hand at A.I. and if that fails i'll get a heritage tom.

"Angel wing" is relatively common among some varieties of turkeys. They will grow out of it. At least one person made the observation that all of the poults that they noticed with this condition turned out to be toms. I believe that is also the case of any that I have had.

Everyone familiar with turkeys knows about the snood.

 

[Finnisher]

Yep I was thinking the dot is going to be the snood but I didn't know jenny's had snoods too.

I'll keep an eye out for the ones with the strange wings to see if they're toms.

Thanks

 

[memphis]

Welcome Finishsr. Good luck with the babies.

Flashpoint...we call them lightningbugs too. My uncle lives outside of Gettysburg. It's pretty there.

R2elk...figured you had bees this year. Several years ago on one of my trips up to Missouri a semi loaded with boxes/hives overturned. They actually closed the expressway and diverted all traffic to service roads. Seems they (are there bee farmers?) winter bees down here & relocate them north in the spring.