A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[OneMountainAcres]

We're supposedly getting snow tomorrow. I'm guessing not a lot though. Still, I'm tired of the cold already.

 

[Bantambird]

No snow right now, we've already had some though. Just cold today, single digits and windy. Very windy. Hope the roosters aren't dumb enough to hang around outside today and loose their Combs. With no fluffy stuff holding them back, they aren't concerned until they get frostbite, the dummies.

 

[memphis]

We keep going from the 70's to the 20's. Normally we are in the 50's this time of year.

 

[R2elk]

We keep going from the 70's to the 20's. Normally we are in the 50's this time of year.

It is 5°F here this morning and hasn't gotten above 30°F for four days. The last time it was above freezing it was only 34°F.

 

[duluthralphie]

We had a warm day here yesterday! It was above 20F. I used the heat to change water in my tanks and clean them. I have no running water in my "coop" I bring in water on warm days, I have a 300 gallon stock tank with a floating heater in it. I keep it covered and dip into the water with a bucket to fill waterers. I also have three 55 gallon barrels with heaters in them.

I have two of the barrels on a pallet. I carry the barrels on my bobcat to the hydrant, fill them and carry the water back. I then use a 5 gallon bucket to move water filling the tank and other barrel. I never said it was a smart or easy way to keep water, but it works..

I had to clean and move the other barrel. I had it sitting too close to a pen and a SToooooopid royal palm hen decided to sit above the barrel each night and use it as her personal commode. I could not put enough bleach in the water to purify it. I emptied the barrel enough I could move it. I rolled ( walked ) it to the door and dumped it. Besides isshy nasty shat filled water, one turkey egg rolled out!

So I have had a turkey egg this season! The hen was so dumb she just sat on the roost and pooped out the egg into the tank. There is no other way for the egg to get in there. I had the tank covered or tried to keep it covered, but the turkeys refused to leave the cover in place. They are such PITA's, I think they could be half guinea.

Moral of the story is I had an egg in November. I know it was November because the egg had froze and cracked. I did not have a heater in that tank right away so it froze solid in mid November.......

 

[OneMountainAcres]

 

[Molpet]

x2

 

[Finnie]

one turkey egg rolled out!

 

[duluthralphie]

This article will be posted here and in Surviving Minnesota threads as both groups have a vested interest in this incident.


Minnesota, Dec. 2018.

Yesterday, the owner of Ralphie's poultry farm found a suspicious death. It has been reported as a suicide by drowning. It was reported by a toad named “Hoover”. Hoover claims the turkey climbed in a water barrel and pulled the lid over herself and gave up on life.

Hoover is of questionable character having grown up in a an affluent neighborhood and coming from a wealthy family., It seem Hoover was shunned by his family and forced to move to a poor ghetto neighborhood. Hoover comes from an area with running water, heat and several penthouses and efficiency apartments.

Currently Hoover lives in the shadows of a community housing unit. Hanging out behind some water barrels and having to forage for food. While this reporter was at the scene of the crime, Hoover was engaged in a fight with a younger rooster that had grown up in community housing. Neither Hoover, nor the younger rooster were hurt during the fight as they was a chain link security fence between them so blows were hard to land. Hoover did have access to the place of death.

The tank in question and Hoover's living area. Pictured as Ralphie claims to have found it.



The victim was a Royal Palm hen. She a known a crack corn addict. She is suspected of contaminating the community water supply just last month with feces and an raw egg. She did have an unhealthy fascination with the water supply tank.



Yesterday morning Ralphie, the owner and operator of the community housing building reported opening the water supply and water tank and finding the poor RP hens floating face down in the water. Ralphie gallantly rescued the poor hen and performed hours of heroic life saving measures including CPR to no avail on the RP hen. She was declared dead around 9am.

You can still see feathers floating from the victim in the tank. The Benton County investigators are asking they not be removed until after the next election in case they actually decide to charge Hoover. Based on past history of said investigators the possibility of charges is remote at best.



There are some questions the investigators have.



Like:

How did the hen get into the water tank and manage to pull the cover back and close the lid?



What was she doing in the area after the tanks were moved to an area where this was not suppose to be able to happen?



Can Hoover be trusted to honest?



Because Hoover grew up in wealth and with a silver spoon in his mouth will he be running for state representative next election cycle as a Republican and use Daddy's money to finance it?



How widely known is Hoover's alcohol problem and sex addiction?



Could he have gotten the RP Hen (whose name is being withheld at this time) pregnant and gotten rid of her so he could not be tied to an abortion because of his political aspirations?



Will the recent fight at the bars with the younger rooster hurt him politically in an area known to elect drunken bar fighters?



Will his addiction problems become public? Will the public give a poop?



At this time the case is still under investigation by the Benton County Sheriff's who were brought in to eliminate any possibility of politics hindering the investigation.


Here lies the drowning victim where her body waits transport to the morgue. As you can tell they work long and hard to attempt to revive her.

 

[Molpet]

This article will be posted here and in Surviving Minnesota threads as both groups have a vested interest in this incident.


Minnesota, Dec. 2018.

Yesterday, the owner of Ralphie's poultry farm found a suspicious death. It has been reported as a suicide by drowning. It was reported by a toad named “Hoover”. Hoover claims the turkey climbed in a water barrel and pulled the lid over herself and gave up on life.

Hoover is of questionable character having grown up in a an affluent neighborhood and coming from a wealthy family., It seem Hoover was shunned by his family and forced to move to a poor ghetto neighborhood. Hoover comes from an area with running water, heat and several penthouses and efficiency apartments.

Currently Hoover lives in the shadows of a community housing unit. Hanging out behind some water barrels and having to forage for food. While this reporter was at the scene of the crime, Hoover was engaged in a fight with a younger rooster that had grown up in community housing. Neither Hoover, nor the younger rooster were hurt during the fight as they was a chain link security fence between them so blows were hard to land. Hoover did have access to the place of death.

View attachment 1610133 The tank in question and Hoover's living area. Pictured as Ralphie claims to have found it.



The victim was a Royal Palm hen. She a known a crack corn addict. She is suspected of contaminating the community water supply just last month with feces and an raw egg. She did have an unhealthy fascination with the water supply tank.



Yesterday morning Ralphie, the owner and operator of the community housing building reported opening the water supply and water tank and finding the poor RP hens floating face down in the water. Ralphie gallantly rescued the poor hen and performed hours of heroic life saving measures including CPR to no avail on the RP hen. She was declared dead around 9am.

View attachment 1610137 You can still see feathers floating from the victim in the tank. The Benton County investigators are asking they no be removed until after the next election in case they actually decide to charge Hoover. Based on past history of said investigators the possibility of charges is remote at best.



There are some questions the investigators have.



Like:

How did the hen get into the water tank and manage to pull the cover back and close the lid?



What was she doing in the area after the tanks were moved to an area where this was not suppose to be able to happen?



Can Hoover be trusted to honest?



Because Hoover grew up in wealth and with a silver spoon in his mouth will he be running for state representative next election cycle as a Republican and use Daddy's money to finance it?



How widely known is Hoover's alcohol problem and sex addiction?



Could he have gotten the RP Hen (whose name is being withheld at this time) pregnant and gotten rid of her so he could not be tied to an abortion because of his political aspirations?



Will the recent fight at the bars with the younger rooster hurt him politically in an area known to elect drunken bar fighters?



Will his addiction problems become public? Will the public give a poop?



At this time the case is still under investigation by the Benton County Sheriff's who were brought in to eliminate any possibility of politics hindering the investigation.


View attachment 1610138 Here lies the drowning victim where her body waits transport to the morgue. As you can tell they work long and hard to attempt to revive her.

OR did the WW exact revenge from the victim for defecating on the deck????