Funny funny funny! I went out to collect the last turkey egg before I set them tonight, and I was alarmed to see that my turkeys were not on their "perch" like they usually are when I go out there. (I am paranoid that something is going to get them since the coop is out on the edge of the property.) Then I saw this big brown thing on the other side of the pen. I look, and two big wild toms are strutting their stuff on the outside of the turkey pen while my big Royal Palm tom is strutting back inside the pen. Of course the second they saw me they took off running for their lives. I was surprised to see how thin and hen-like they were when they weren't strutting. More so than my RP tom. Could they have been hens displaying for him? My RP hen was inside the coop perched up in the rafters, I think she was scared. But either way, it was a pretty neat thing to see. Too bad I only had my cellphone with me to take the pictures. I usually bring out my good camera, because there is usually something neat down there to take a picture of, but since I was just running down there to get the egg, I didnt bring it.
Forgive the shabby looking coop. Im just beginning to restore it.
Forgive the shabby looking coop. Im just beginning to restore it.
