A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[memphis]

Oh boy! A mud puddle! The best. Up to their hocks in mud. They are enjoying themselves. I think that one is smiling. Makes me smile

 

[Bantambird]

Flood irrigation does look like mud, lol

 

[memphis]

Well bottom line....seems turkeys love standing around in pools when its hot!

 

[Flashpoint]

Flash...once a turkey figures out a wading pool it's hard to keep them out of one. It's kind of funny to look out & see your birds all standing around soaking their big ole feet. The pools sure help when our heat index is 110. Daisy has been trying to sneak into the house. I finally let her into the kitchen for a few minutes. Only to find her standing the dogs water bowl. Gotta love a turkey

I'm glad to see Tommie Tucker take advantage of the wading pools since he's the heaviest one of all the turkeys. The heat hits him hard, but he does so love that pool! Our heat temps have been extremely high this year again with average temps of 95 and up to 106.

I am sure if I let Tommie inside, it would be the proverbial bull in a China shop - so it "ain't gonna happen". lol. Right now it's bad enough with 10 silkies and 3 turkey poults in brooders.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

I don't have any washing pools set up but I did see Blackberry standing in the water dish, cooling off the one day lol

 

[Bantambird]

Here's Slater! He's growing in new tail feathers finally. He's looking really nice!

 

[memphis]

He's beautiful Bantambird! Is he a nice guy? Good for Tommy using the pool! And Jess your birds may need one too! Hey....how is the new hob going??

 

[shawluvsbirds]

My big turkey in his wading pool.

 

[Bantambird]

Slater is definitely a lurker, but he's never shown human aggression. If he spots anyone hanging about, he insists on standing nearby strutting. He tolerates being petted but doesn't like it.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

He's beautiful Bantambird! Is he a nice guy? Good for Tommy using the pool! And Jess your birds may need one too! Hey....how is the new hob going??

This is the first time that I can honestly say that I love my job I do a lot of cleaning, picking up litter and painting. It's all outside and beautiful I'm still not a morning person so getting up early is still something I don't like but 5-5:30 is WAY better than the 2am I was getting up at for Walmart! Sometime between Halloween and Thanksgiving I'll get laid off for the winter.

Here's some pictures from work.

Surprise! Baby raccoons got stuck in a trash can!

The old stables. We took the kids horseback riding here a few times when they were little. I was disappointed this morning to find out that the horses are gone and the trails are now snowmobile trails.