A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[sfgwife]

We won't say who... but i am pretty sure some spoiled birds gonna have some 'simmon poops tonight and for a few days.... picked up three gallons today and have one in the fridge to render. Got my work cut out for me today i spose.

 

[sfgwife]

Then. Went out to take a peeksure of the lil escappe bun we had this mornin to this.... no buns, baby buns, chickens or eggs were harmed in the makin of this. Yes i know i know take them far far away... but newp! In the chicken run and was half in me buns cage. No.no.no.

 

[AnneInTheBurbs]

Aw, I wish I found a snake on my property! I actually like them, so long as they are not hurting my flock. I have seen one once or twice, but not since the spring. I would be picking hat bad boy up and showing my husband, who would shake his head and roll his eyes... lol

 

[holm25]

Aw, I wish I found a snake on my property! I actually like them, so long as they are not hurting my flock. I have seen one once or twice, but not since the spring. I would be picking hat bad boy up and showing my husband, who would shake his head and roll his eyes... lol

ICK! We have a lot of snakes here and wen I say a lot I mean ALOT! I see 3-4 when I do chores. Usually by the compost box... And every bale is covered in skins

 

[PolarBerry]

The septic guys thought the turkeys were entertaining. They were surprised at that size they could fly so high up.

Getting the tank replaced today and stuck waiting on the pumper to come out since they're running behind.

Hooray no water! Good excuse to fold laundry and watch Netflix.

 

[duluthralphie]

We have just finished an unseasonably session of heat. 90 degrees and high humidity. I think I reported here one of my hens has started laying again.....NOT the norm to get eggs in late September from turkeys.

The Toms spent the week in snood pulls and fighting. Friday it turned ugly. They had displaced the leader, a yearling bronze. They were not happy with this, being a true Central American type dictatorship they wanted to dispose of the old leader Qaddafi style.

I manage to get the old leader into a pen of his own Friday evening. I took two of the young toms, (the ones that had promised me they were hens the day I packed up birds for the Waverly sale)..... and locked them up together. I told each one on the way to lock up, "young Toms that cause strife and grief to me will find there way into the freezer".

I do not think they took me seriously. I mean it. They are still locked up. I left one of the Young Toms out, this could be a mistake. Pretty as they are I do not need their shenanigans.

The flock divided into two groups, the young ones and hens following the young Tom I did not lock up, and the two remaining Old Toms formed their own group. They would occasionally assault the toms of the other group.

The Old leader is visibly depressed. I let him out Sunday morning to wander by himself, he, not having much in the way of brains, decided to hang outside the pen/coop with the other turkeys in it. I decided to see if all was OK. I let out all the other turkeys (except the two firmly locked away. Everything was great for 10 minutes. The Young one went after the old leader and the two old Toms joined in. I ran them off and separated the old leader to the East side of the house.

Later, he snuck over to my Mom's yard and was doing fine, the two old Toms, his old comrades visited him and things were fine, the young Tom did not follow. They then separated again and the Old Leader was again depressed and decided to hide under a granary.

Couple hours later the old comrades decided it was time to eliminate the old leader. I have a lavender tom that seems to be the gang leader of this. I have informed said Lavender of his uselessness to the flock from my point of view and what the outcome will be if this continues.

I then moved the old Tom, a bird I happen to like and want to breed again, to another pen with my young show birds. All is good now that I have three pens with Toms in it...

I will not have 3 pens of Toms all winter long. I am not doing that much work to keep them all. My Freezer has room for 8-10 turkeys and a whole pig still......

Do you think I will be bale to reinstate the old Bronze leader? One of the three Old Toms is my RP Tom, I need him as I did not keep a back-up. The lavender can visit the freezer as I have a young lavender with a rusty tail feather (could be Rusty slate but not complete one) He will do the job I need.

I like the color of the red bronze Toms, I do not need three, and if they are a large intestine sphincter, I do not even need the one. I have eaten Skinny turkey before and can do it again, or sell them to the city people as chemical free birds come holiday time...


Any ideas and suggestions will be welcomed. I am thinking Holm someone instigated this insurrection as I had little problems until after he left here on Friday, taking my best young Dom Cockerel with him.....

 

[duluthralphie]

Aw, I wish I found a snake on my property! I actually like them, so long as they are not hurting my flock. I have seen one once or twice, but not since the spring. I would be picking hat bad boy up and showing my husband, who would shake his head and roll his eyes... lol

I like all dead snakes!

 

[sfgwife]

Aw, I wish I found a snake on my property! I actually like them, so long as they are not hurting my flock. I have seen one once or twice, but not since the spring. I would be picking hat bad boy up and showing my husband, who would shake his head and roll his eyes... lol

Lol. No.no.no. It was in where it shouldna have been. We have taken a few off this year far in the woods here. But this one already had dinner on his mind. So he had go. Copperheads are an automatic meet your maker buddy round here.

 

[holm25]

We have just finished an unseasonably session of heat. 90 degrees and high humidity. I think I reported here one of my hens has started laying again.....NOT the norm to get eggs in late September from turkeys.

The Toms spent the week in snood pulls and fighting. Friday it turned ugly. They had displaced the leader, a yearling bronze. They were not happy with this, being a true Central American type dictatorship they wanted to dispose of the old leader Qaddafi style.

I manage to get the old leader into a pen of his own Friday evening. I took two of the young toms, (the ones that had promised me they were hens the day I packed up birds for the Waverly sale)..... and locked them up together. I told each one on the way to lock up, "young Toms that cause strife and grief to me will find there way into the freezer".

I do not think they took me seriously. I mean it. They are still locked up. I left one of the Young Toms out, this could be a mistake. Pretty as they are I do not need their shenanigans.

The flock divided into two groups, the young ones and hens following the young Tom I did not lock up, and the two remaining Old Toms formed their own group. They would occasionally assault the toms of the other group.

The Old leader is visibly depressed. I let him out Sunday morning to wander by himself, he, not having much in the way of brains, decided to hang outside the pen/coop with the other turkeys in it. I decided to see if all was OK. I let out all the other turkeys (except the two firmly locked away. Everything was great for 10 minutes. The Young one went after the old leader and the two old Toms joined in. I ran them off and separated the old leader to the East side of the house.

Later, he snuck over to my Mom's yard and was doing fine, the two old Toms, his old comrades visited him and things were fine, the young Tom did not follow. They then separated again and the Old Leader was again depressed and decided to hide under a granary.

Couple hours later the old comrades decided it was time to eliminate the old leader. I have a lavender tom that seems to be the gang leader of this. I have informed said Lavender of his uselessness to the flock from my point of view and what the outcome will be if this continues.

I then moved the old Tom, a bird I happen to like and want to breed again, to another pen with my young show birds. All is good now that I have three pens with Toms in it...

I will not have 3 pens of Toms all winter long. I am not doing that much work to keep them all. My Freezer has room for 8-10 turkeys and a whole pig still......

Do you think I will be bale to reinstate the old Bronze leader? One of the three Old Toms is my RP Tom, I need him as I did not keep a back-up. The lavender can visit the freezer as I have a young lavender with a rusty tail feather (could be Rusty slate but not complete one) He will do the job I need.

I like the color of the red bronze Toms, I do not need three, and if they are a large intestine sphincter, I do not even need the one. I have eaten Skinny turkey before and can do it again, or sell them to the city people as chemical free birds come holiday time...


Any ideas and suggestions will be welcomed. I am thinking Holm someone instigated this insurrection as I had little problems until after he left here on Friday, taking my best young Dom Cockerel with him.....

Those young little bronze tons seemed like such nice little guys! What the heck happened to them? Maybe they decided to rebel? I can't think of anything I might have said or done that would have turned them into little gangsters?

 

[duluthralphie]

Those young little bronze tons seemed like such nice little guys! What the heck happened to them? Maybe they decided to rebel? I can't think of anything I might have said or done that would have turned them into little gangsters?

It was unbelievable what a difference one day made in their behavior. When you were here they were like puppy dogs.. I blame the heat.