A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[R2elk]

I'll wait til one of them gives up.

Neither are likely to just give up. Block the entrance to the nest box to break both of them of being broody.

 

[Molpet]

split the difference and give them guineas?

jk jk, I'll wait til one of them gives up.

Mine don't give up. Unless I move them to a safer place then they break

 

[fat brown hen]

Neither are likely to just give up. Block the entrance to the nest box to break both of them of being broody.

Do you know how hard it was to get her to use that nest????? If I block it off she will go back to her favorite spot in a thicket of poison oak

Mine don't give up. Unless I move them to a safer place then they break

Surely they will give up by the time it starts snowing...? I can be patient

 

[Molpet]

Surely they will give up by the time it starts snowing...? I can be patient

They loose a lot of condition. They need to be in good condition for winter

 

[Pearlescent]

Sugar turned 2 today. She also decided it’s time to grow out her spurs.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

We had a wild hen take an interest in our flock the other day. She was trying to mingle. She wasn't too worried about us when we called the flock out the widow (to throw them some bread) but she didn't stick around too long. Maybe a half hour or so. Our girls were very confused about who the newcomer was but the boys didn't really show her any attention lol.

 

[R2elk]

 

[Bantambird]

The toms this year are really into parenting.

 

[fat brown hen]

The toms this year are really into parenting.

omg, they can do that? do you keep the hen/tom in breeding pairs?

 

[Bantambird]

omg, they can do that? do you keep the hen/tom in breeding pairs?

No, definitely not pairs. They pretty much go where they want. Theres about 20ish hens and 5 toms, to build a pen they would be happy with costs a lot.