how'd I get a turkey

[Robin'sBrood]

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My DH works with a man who grew up on a poultry farm. The man told my DH that turkeys are so dumb that they will stare up at the rain until they drown. Is that true?... because it made me

thinking about it!

 

[walkswithdog]

Well, there's a HUGE difference, giant huge massive, difference between industry production turkeys and heritage and wild turkeys.

While I've never seen a production bird do that, they're often pretty darn dim.

 

[sandspoultry]

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My DH works with a man who grew up on a poultry farm. The man told my DH that turkeys are so dumb that they will stare up at the rain until they drown. Is that true?... because it made me

thinking about it!

That is an old wifes tale, totaly untrue

 

[BawkinOnTheBench]

When I was about 10 my Dad built an incubator and we put 5 eggs in it - 4 chicken and one 'goose'. When the eggs hatched, I noticed that the 'goose' didn't have webbed feet. I said "Dad, how come the goose doesn't have webbed feet?" And he said "It's a Chinese goose, they don't have webbed feet!" And I believed him! And I named her 'Honk' because that's what geese do, right?

And then she grew up and it was pretty obvious she was a turkey! I don't know what kind she was - just looked like regular wild turkey to me. Even when she was 18 lbs she was always the lowest on the pecking order and would let all the hens pick on her and boss her. However, when spring came, she was the only one that wanted to set. We tried to let her set the eggs from the hens, but turkey shells must be a lot thicker, because she kept breaking the hen eggs. So we put a bunch of day old BRs under at night, and she was a great mom. Once she was a mom, she didn't let ANYONE mess with her or her babies.