Some Turkey stories.......Well, You haven't lived till you see one trying to mate with a basketball.....We couldn't stop laughing. He is a real good father and sheltered the older poults when they were not with the hen. Not smart enough to fly over or walk through a 4' gate to follow the girls..My older hen died running away from the nest under some branches i think to protect the younger hen where they nested with the eggs when a coyote slipped into our yard...After that the younger hen has started to act and look more like a tom with her tail and her head has more color and burbles on it now.....No wild turkeys here and except for the Tom, often fly on top of the coop roof (7' ? ) but cannot find their way out of the 6' chain link fenced run. they love to be in the small coop with the chickens but often pick on them. Mine stay because of food and companionship......White midget turkeys...White is a vulnerable color thou......I never saw my tom mating either, but I had dozens of poults from him though! Never saw my rams either.