A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[memphis]

I just saw the weather. Yikes! Keep warm y'all. It's cold here...but no where near what some of you are experiencing!
My turkeys love it. They were flapping & twirling this morning. Acorns everywhere. And the turkeys will eat them IF I step on them & crack them open.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

It's 17° here according to my tablet though it's usualy a few degrees colder than what it says.I'm not looking forward to going out to the flock this morning :/

 

[Molpet]

My turkeys are dancing all over the place too..
Unfortunately the tom nari I WAS going to keep for breeding has decided he doesn't like me any more ... same clothes, boots and hat.. I am getting tired of him jumping on my butt when my back is turned

 

[rjohns39]

Forecast said low of 40* for last night... Woke up this morning to 25* and as the sun rose, we had a beautiful red sky. Turkey's all seem to enjoy the brisk weather.

 

[memphis]

Tis the season for lappers!! Love a hen hand warmer!
Bought small pumpkins to cut in half for treats. Daisy has an orange beak. Annie, not to her taste. The chickens could care less. However, those baby Speckled Sussex devour them. Little pigs!

 

[memphis]

Annie has taken a dislike to my turkey sitter. She displays and all her feathers stand on end. She acts like she wants to attack her. This has been going on for a few months. She doesnt react like that to anyone else. Anyone have any ideas why she would would of a sudden take a dislike to one specific person. This is someone she sees on a regular basis. Daisy loves her and will run over to greet her.

 

[R2elk]

Annie has taken a dislike to my turkey sitter. She displays and all her feathers stand on end. She acts like she wants to attack her. This has been going on for a few months. She doesn't react like that to anyone else. Anyone have any ideas why she would would of a sudden take a dislike to one specific person. This is someone she sees on a regular basis. Daisy loves her and will run over to greet her.

Her behavior does not necessarily mean that she dislikes your babysitter. It may simply mean she is jealous of Daisy getting all the attention or that she is challenging your babysitter for her spot in the pecking order.

I lean toward the jealousy part. Several hens here will display and carry on when the tom is breeding another hen instead of them.

 

[sfgwife]

Tis the season for lappers!! Love a hen hand warmer!
Bought small pumpkins to cut in half for treats. Daisy has an orange beak. Annie, not to her taste. The chickens could care less. However, those baby Speckled Sussex devour them. Little pigs!

Do you cook the punkins or leave them in the skin and raw? I see so many people whose birds love punkin.... ours... not so much. The chickens love when i put cooked winter squashes leftovers out. But neither the chickens or turkeys much like raw. :/. I havent taken leftovers to the girls and tried that. I am still tryin find a wintry treat they might like. I aint payin for watermelon, maters are done, my persimmons are pretty done now, they eat the acorns on their own so in my hand isnt so much of a treat.

 

[Molpet]

my young birds like them raw.. the next year, the same birds seem to not care for the pumpkins

 

[rjohns39]

It's hit or miss with my birds. Some go crazy over it, others not so much. I just cut them in half and drop them in the pasture.