A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[duluthralphie]

Any idea about turkeys eating an rotten blue spruce stump? It occurred to me...Will they taste like spruce? No ants or larva I can see.
It blew down 15 or so years ago and has been rotting ever since. Begining of this winter they suddenly started eating it. It was about a foot tall and now it's inches deep hole in the ground.

Larva maybe?

 

[Molpet]

Larva maybe?

I couldn't find any. They seem to be actually eating the wood and are pooping wood color.

 

[duluthralphie]

I couldn't find any. They seem to be actually eating the wood and are pooping wood color.

Inbred turkeys?

 

[OneMountainAcres]

I couldn't find any. They seem to be actually eating the wood and are pooping wood color.

Did you get a beaver in the mix?

 

[duluthralphie]

Did you get a beaver in the mix?

I assume this results in turkeys with teeth or a beaver that lay eggs.

 

[Bantambird]

I hear cambrian layer of pine trees is edible, so I wood assume, since rings are just old cambrian layers, the wood is edible too, if you could manage wood.

 

[Molpet]

I hear cambrian layer of pine trees is edible, so I wood assume, since rings are just old cambrian layers, the wood is edible too, if you could manage wood.

Not sure if I want to eat turkeys for Easter made of wood

I may try to fence it off, I wonder how long they need to be off the wood before any potential taste is gone?

Although they add cellulose to food for fiber. Maybe I would have fiber rich turkey

 

[Molpet]

Had some snow last night. They ate more, it's now 7 inches in the deepest spot in the center.

 

[Bantambird]

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Had some snow last night. They ate more, it's now 7 inches in the deepest spot in the center.

Those birds have a taste for pine bark. Would they have problems with pine shavings in their house?

 

[Molpet]

Those birds have a taste for pine bark. Would they have problems with pine shavings in their house?

Umm I haven't used that with these guys. I use dried grass and leaves...one year I did run out and bought shavings. Took $25 worth, for just one covering. I have made sure I haven't run out since lol