Collar on turkey?

[Jess452]

I have a younger turkey so I can't trim her feathers yet and she is starting to get a bit of wanderlust when she sees us in the yard and flys over the runs fence. I was wonderfing if anyone have put like a collar and name tag or a collar that has info sew on it on a turkey? Just as like a safety measure if she does it well we aren't home

 

[R2elk]

I have a younger turkey so I can't trim her feathers yet and she is starting to get a bit of wanderlust when she sees us in the yard and flys over the runs fence. I was wonderfing if anyone have put like a collar and name tag or a collar that has info sew on it on a turkey? Just as like a safety measure if she does it when we aren't home

As @townchicks pointed out a leg band is an option. Another option is a wing band which can be bigger and could contain more information but is also usually not as visible without close inspection.

 

[townchicks]

You could put a leg band with your phone# written on it. I would not recommend any thing around the neck, that seems dangerous to me.

 

[Jess452]

You could put a leg band with your phone# written on it. I would not recommend any thing around the neck, that seems dangerous to me.

I didn't even think of that thank you

 

[Flockandfowl46]

How young?

 

[Jess452]

About 2 months old. She still has some feathers growing

 

[Flockandfowl46]

I trimmed my turkeys at that age but you need to not cut into blood feathers and make sure they have a safe place to go from predators and you will probably have to trim as they grow

 

[Lrosell31]

I have chickens turkeys geese and ducks. I got the turkeys geese and ducks in March as babies. Should I be clipping there wings. So far they haven’t tried flying. I noticed my turkeys jump on top of their playhouses which I use for them to sleep in but they haven’t jumped over my backyard fence as of yet. Should my adult chickens wings be clipped also?