A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[duluthralphie]

Hey Erli. You need a few turkey girls! They are a hoot to have around.

She has Princess, one Deva is all she can handle,,

 

[memphis]

Oh gosh....I forgot she has Princess!! LOL!

Speaking of divas .... one of the dogs dug a shallow hole in the backyard. Daisy turned it into a crater. It finally dried out enough that she could take a proper dust bath. She spent most of the afternoon in it. Just trilling away! She got it so deep all you could see was her neck. I dont think there is anything she enjoys more. Rain moving in, so her crater will turn into a pond for awhile.

 

[ketojenn]

Boyde has started roosting outside to the horror of my daughter. I told her it's normal and to leave him be. It is normal, right?

That fence is about 7' high. I don't have any proper roosts for him and there is no cover. Should I put something sheltered up? I need the ground to thaw first of course.

 

[duluthralphie]

Boyde has started roosting outside to the horror of my daughter. I told her it's normal and to leave him be. It is normal, right?
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That fence is about 7' high. I don't have any proper roosts for him and there is no cover. Should I put something sheltered up? I need the ground to thaw first of course.

He will most likely be fine. They are large enough owls seem to leave them alone.

4 legged creatures would be his biggest danger. All turkeys seem to go through a roosting outside phase. I force mine in or try to. But it does not always work.

I find the biggest risk is young ones and none of them wanting to go inside in winter.

Since I moved my birds to the old machine shed, with rafters 18 ft up, they seem to like roosting indoors. All day long! It is dangerous to walk in there now for fear of being wet bombed.

I even asked them yesterday if they ever plan to go outside again.

 

[ketojenn]

He will most likely be fine. They are large enough owls seem to leave them alone.

4 legged creatures would be his biggest danger. All turkeys seem to go through a roosting outside phase. I force mine in or try to. But it does not always work.

I find the biggest risk is young ones and none of them wanting to go inside in winter.

Since I moved my birds to the old machine shed, with rafters 18 ft up, they seem to like roosting indoors. All day long! It is dangerous to walk in there now for fear of being wet bombed.

I even asked them yesterday if they ever plan to go outside again.View attachment 1725761

Lol. Too funny. No one wants wet bombed.

He can go in and roost in the rafters of the main building I guess. The door is currently frozen open. It's an old military shed that I built the coops into. It's not terribly tall, but pretty open inside, for now. I am planning to expand my coops inside this summer.

 

[ketojenn]

Thinking of the predators here, we have mostly skunk and coyote. Never seen a coon in town, which is surprising. They were like a plague on our farm in Michigan.

 

[duluthralphie]

Thinking of the predators here, we have mostly skunk and coyote. Never seen a coon in town, which is surprising. They were like a plague on our farm in Michigan.

Coons like trees, so that makes NoDak inhospitable to coons,,,

 

[ketojenn]

Coons like trees, so that makes NoDak inhospitable to coons,,,

Of course!

 

[duluthralphie]

Of course!

Of course, that could mean NoDaks 2 trees are overloaded with coin though.

 

[ketojenn]

And waiting just outside of town.