Aggressive Toms

[livininbrazil]

Goodness, I only saw the first of these posts...you did another one! Verbal diarrhea, but still interesting observations.

I´ve always been fascinated by animals and their behaviour, so I find these things you´ve written very interesting, and I do agree with you about the little, weak, fighty males and the bigger, stronger, gentler ones. (We can see it in people, too!

)

When I wrote about poults dying, it´s not the adults that kill them, it´s what people around here blame...rain, ground, cold...they say they´re very fragile, and most people that have turkeys around the homestead don´t expect to raise many. Now I find that interesting, too, because those that survive will be the stronger ones anyway. There are folks that put turkey eggs under a chicken, then keep them all in a tiny cage off the ground for three months, poor things....and then there are those who raise them commercially, so have a totally different set-up, but the average person around here just has some turkeys on their land. One guy I met last year has just one tom, a beautiful bourbon red and a bronze female and he leaves them to get on with it naturally in acres of land that he has...some survive. His turkeys are very placid too. And, interestingly, the tom keeps an eye over the poults.

 

[chooks4life]

Quote: Lol, yeah, I agree. I do "talk" too much. Whenever I stop someone asks me to talk more and when I talk more people are like "argh!"

I'll stop. For now, and here, anyway.

 

[livininbrazil]

Lol, yeah, I agree. I do "talk" too much. Whenever I stop someone asks me to talk more and when I talk more people are like "argh!"

I'll stop. For now, and here, anyway.

Well I enjoy reading your posts, so don´t stop the chat....it´s very welcome. Never "argh!".
The more people that give opinions (non-offensive, although sometimes it´s difficult with some who are determined to get offended

) and experiences the more we can develop our own understanding on things... Looking forward to next time you pipe up!

 

[chooks4life]

Lol alrighty then, you asked for it... Never mind, I'm somewhat talked out at the moment. Thanks anyway.

Random things remind me of random other things and I find it somewhat hard to present only one statement without offering the supporting reasons for that statement or an explanation of the "whys" of it as well. Habits, lol. I used to only offer an opinion, the end resulting of what I've learned or experienced, but people would ask more questions like how did I arrive at this belief, and such, until I learnt to present the whole case in one go if ever I wanted to state my opinion. I used to participate in debate sites for the fun of it and I learned some good and bad habits from these places. Now I automatically communicate that way as it used to be a time saver but sometimes it's inconvenient. At least it's not a real verbal communication and so people can skip right to the end of it if they can't be bothered reading it.

Best wishes.

 

[callieisspooky]

For what it's worth, I really enjoy your posts, Chooks! You seem intelligent and observant, qualities I greatly admire. Please don't hold back.

 

[chknoodles]

Lol alrighty then, you asked for it... Never mind, I'm somewhat talked out at the moment. Thanks anyway.

Random things remind me of random other things and I find it somewhat hard to present only one statement without offering the supporting reasons for that statement or an explanation of the "whys" of it as well. Habits, lol. I used to only offer an opinion, the end resulting of what I've learned or experienced, but people would ask more questions like how did I arrive at this belief, and such, until I learnt to present the whole case in one go if ever I wanted to state my opinion. I used to participate in debate sites for the fun of it and I learned some good and bad habits from these places. Now I automatically communicate that way as it used to be a time saver but sometimes it's inconvenient. At least it's not a real verbal communication and so people can skip right to the end of it if they can't be bothered reading it.

Best wishes.

I enjoy the fact that you can actually spell correctly and it appears you have a very good command of the English language.

 

[Heirloom Chick]

That sounds FUN! I am going to chase my Toms with the rake too

 

[livininbrazil]

I enjoy the fact that you can actually spell correctly and it appears you have a very good command of the English language.

 

[livininbrazil]

Lol alrighty then, you asked for it... Never mind, I'm somewhat talked out at the moment. Thanks anyway.

Random things remind me of random other things and I find it somewhat hard to present only one statement without offering the supporting reasons for that statement or an explanation of the "whys" of it as well. Habits, lol. I used to only offer an opinion, the end resulting of what I've learned or experienced, but people would ask more questions like how did I arrive at this belief, and such, until I learnt to present the whole case in one go if ever I wanted to state my opinion. I used to participate in debate sites for the fun of it and I learned some good and bad habits from these places. Now I automatically communicate that way as it used to be a time saver but sometimes it's inconvenient. At least it's not a real verbal communication and so people can skip right to the end of it if they can't be bothered reading it.

Best wishes.

Well I try to help by sharing my experiences with people, thereby giving my reasons for things, but I still manage to offend some. Generally, though, we can help each other...those who really want to learn will always benefit from another´s experience. Those who aren´t interested in the "whys" won´t become as "Wise".

Feel free to chunter......

 

[livininbrazil]

That sounds FUN! I am going to chase my Toms with the rake too

Hey! The "Rake the Tom" party has just been invented!