So I am trying to find out if turkey's can swim. We got 3 ducklings and a turkey 3 weeks ago. The ducks would huddle up together and the turkey would lay off by himself so we went and got another turkey as a buddy for Goober. Sadly about a week ago our dog killed the other turkey. Since we got the 2nd turkey all the ducks and turkeys huddled together and stuck real close to each other. Goober, the remaining turkey, now lives with the 3 other ducks and they have a real nice outside pen. I am working on getting them a kiddie pool in their pen but am worried that Goober won't be able to swim and will try to go in with his buddies.
I had the ducklings swimming in a tote box this afternoon when one of my husbands friends swore to me that Goober would NOT go in the water, I didn't even have to worry about him going in because his ducky buddies were in there, because turkeys HATE water. Well not 2 minutes after he assured me I had nothing to worry about what does goober do? Flies right up in there with the ducks. I didn't know if he could swim or not so I grabbed him out really fast.
I want the ducks to be able to have a pool to swim in since they obviously love water but I don't wan Goober drowning in it either. The pool will be burried so he can easily get out from any point in the pool but will he. Goober and my 3 year old LOVE each other. He lets her catch him and used to try to crawl inside hr shirts when he was younger.
so my real question is Can Turkeys swim? Eventually the water won't be too deep for him but to start I want to make sure he will be able to swim his way back out if he decides he needs in there too.
Sorry for the long post. Here is a few pics of Goober our turkey.
Goober
Goober & his duckie buddies.
Sorry I don't know how to rotate the picture. It is fine on my computer. anyway this is my daughter and Goober when he was about 3-4 days old. He loves her and she sure loves him.
Any help on the turkey swimming issue would be great thanks.
I had the ducklings swimming in a tote box this afternoon when one of my husbands friends swore to me that Goober would NOT go in the water, I didn't even have to worry about him going in because his ducky buddies were in there, because turkeys HATE water. Well not 2 minutes after he assured me I had nothing to worry about what does goober do? Flies right up in there with the ducks. I didn't know if he could swim or not so I grabbed him out really fast.
I want the ducks to be able to have a pool to swim in since they obviously love water but I don't wan Goober drowning in it either. The pool will be burried so he can easily get out from any point in the pool but will he. Goober and my 3 year old LOVE each other. He lets her catch him and used to try to crawl inside hr shirts when he was younger.
so my real question is Can Turkeys swim? Eventually the water won't be too deep for him but to start I want to make sure he will be able to swim his way back out if he decides he needs in there too.
Sorry for the long post. Here is a few pics of Goober our turkey.
Goober
Goober & his duckie buddies.
Sorry I don't know how to rotate the picture. It is fine on my computer. anyway this is my daughter and Goober when he was about 3-4 days old. He loves her and she sure loves him.
Any help on the turkey swimming issue would be great thanks.
