A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[R2elk]

Sweetgrass tom

Sweetgrass hen

Royal Palm hen on nest.

 

[sfgwife]

I always love your pics!

 

[PolarBerry]

Ugh my dog literally decapitated one of my dumb meat birds. They scratched down in a low spot I didn’t notice and one apparently stuck it’s head out under the tractor/against the skirting wire as he ran by and he popped it off before I could even do anything. I did skin/gut it but it’s pretty tiny still. And bruised around the neck. *Sigh*

Also worked on revamping and cleaning out the turkey coop. Added a LOT of stall dry to their sand and already smells so much better with the warmer weather approaching.

Planning on building actual semi-raised nest boxes and a new poop board that they can’t keep going broody over turds in. Silly hens. If I have an actual nest area they’ll use I’ll let my broody velociraptor of a hen try to raise some eggs on her own since she’s determined!

 

[PolarBerry]

Sorry to post again but I have one poult with a beak that always gets gummed up with food. I thought he was just a sloppy eater but looks like a possible deformity?

Picture is of poult at rest/closed as far as it can go. Still eating and drinking fine. Doesn’t cross over when looking head on, just looks like a mouth breather? (but not breathing weird)

 

[memphis]

R2elk...gorgeous birds! Love the sun through the Tom's feathers. And the shot of the hen in relief is stunning!

PolorBerry sorry about the dog incident. I can't tell much with the poult picture.

 

[dheltzel]

You can't have one. They really are not a domestic bird and they are tropical. The last time I checked they also run about $1500 each if you can even find someone selling them. We know you live where it is lots warmer than some of us but you still don't live where it is warm enough for them in the winter. They are very susceptible to all the diseases that your chickens and ducks can live with, but those diseases will kill them.

True. OTOH, the many colors of peafowl are quite hardy in most areas, and they are even more beautiful than the occelated turkeys. A lot cheaper too. I have young turkeys and peas living together (alongside chickens and ducks too). Peafowl are not really any harder to manage than turkeys. They lay fewer eggs and those eggs seem a bit harder to hatch, making peachicks more expensive, but once you buy them they will last you a long time (30+ years for some peafowl).

 

[OneMountainAcres]

Someone seems to be feeling pretty good today. Standing up, awake, and picking at food Let's hope this is a trend towards recovery! She gets upset when I open the cage though. She does NOT like getting her shots but I think they're helping her. I'll be so excited the day I can move her back out with the flock. I'm cautiously optimistic right now.

 

[memphis]

That's good news! Does she seem to have her balance back?

 

[OneMountainAcres]

That's good news! Does she seem to have her balance back?

Not quite. She seems to be a little better on that front but still wobbly.

 

[sfgwife]

We have bout three lil toms in the group at least. They have been struttin for their maman hens for the last week and are just too funny! Today was sparring matches. One kept bein the victor.

And. I sure do miss hearin a tom gobblin up the hill. . Grow lil toms grow!