I just bought turkeys think my husband will notice?

[patnjess]

I went to the feed store for some DE today, and they had bronze turkeys out. And my little 2 y/o was in love with them, so I got 2 they are straight run so I have no clue what they are. Think my husband will notice? They are about as big as my 1 month old chicks right now.
So tell me about bronze turkeys as this is my very first pair and have no clue!

 

[jbowyer01]

OOOooooooo if you can get them to pass as chickens let me know how you did it. I want a couple of ducks and DH said no lol.

 

[silkiechicken]

Did you get bronze, or broad breasted bronze? Just be warned if they are broad breasted bronze, those are meat turkeys.

 

[patnjess]

Nope no broad breasted bronze. those are next, because I want meat turkeys. These were just bronze. Care to make any wagers at how long it will take to notice? I'm going 3-4weeks

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[silkiechicken]

I'll say 2 weeks, when they start their two syllable Peeeep-pEEEP, chirping, which is a bit off from the chic, Peep, peep, peep.

When we heard the Peeeep-pEEP, we knew someone was lost... ie standing on the opposite side of the feeder vs the rest of the chicks.

 

[longranger]

Just do what I did when I first got turkeys. Tell your spouse they are a "special" type of chicken. Worked on my wife for over a month. Now she lives in fear that I will try the same with emus. Hmmm

 

[Plain_View_Farm]

I'm Tellin.....

Good luck, it might take longer than 3-4 weeks if he doesn't look at them every day...

 

[HorseFeatherz NV]

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Oh you evil, evil man

- I am going to try that with my DH

 

[aclee]

I was going to try to get away with adding 12 cornish to my brooder box of 25, but DH could tells something was up by the way I said I love you. GO figure

We added laying hens, and he said I could keep 6 of the 12 chicks. Once I sold those 6 I realized I had sold them for enough money (+$3) to cover the cost of the 12, so we weren't out any money. We now have 18 chicks somehow. I don't think he's looked in the brooder lately. When I told him I wanted two turkey's he said, ok...thanksgiving and christmas. Now they are a boy and a girl, and I want to keep them and breed them and I'm trying to find fertile eggs to hatch more. He doesn't know that yet.

If he asks, I would just say, "These things happen."...it's the only answer I've come up with because when this all started I wanted to raise 6 cornish chickens for the freezer and that was it. We have 38 cornish, 18 pullet chicks, one young mystery chick (I think a roo) and two turkeys...all in about 2 months.

My poults are about 5 weeks old now and no way could they pass for a chick anymore