My heart was slayed by a turkey!

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[Laurena]

All three of my turkey poults insist on sitting on my lap everytime I sit down. Oh it's cute now , but it won't be for very long , I'm hoping they outgrow it .They also follow me around everywhere . They have so much personality and are so friendly .

 

[Smitty's Farm]

Awwww!!!! That is so sweet!!!

We had a bb Bronze Tom turkey that we raised since he was a day old and he was so, so sweet. He used to sit in my lap to. His name was Henry. He passed away in Nov. We miss him so very much.

I was actually scarred of turkeys until we had him.

I have 2 turkey eggs on Day 28th in the incubator right now, hoping to finally replace our beloved Henry.

 

[chickenannie]

I've noticed my RB turkey poults this year being raised by their mothers are not nearly as human-interactive as the ones from the hatchery that I raised without a mother who did the roosting on the arm thing you're mentioning on this thread. These hatches seem to have more 'wildness' in them, and their mother always sends a warning chirp at them when humans approach that is teaching them to be more scared of us.

However, I'm 'training' my turkeys and am surprised at how intelligent they are. I can let mine in and out of their pens throughout the day to freerange and they're getting easy to handle that way. Two I am hand-raising will sit on my hand while I carry them from their brooder box out to there outside pen. It's quite cute actually.

My neighbor is also developing a relationship with our adult turkey tom. The tom sidles up to him, and my neighbor scratches his funny looking head. The tom seems to love it and just hangs around letting him do that, leaning into his scratching. It looks so funny! Other people are so scared of our tom, but he's such a peaceful fellow (other than chasing pickup trucks and bikes. He never hurts them, just runs alongside them like a crazy bird).

 

[kees]

OMG, I never knew that turkey poults could be sooooo cute!

 

[Struttn1]

I was working on the picnic table yesterday when the whole flock of little turkeys came up and hopped onto the table to checkout what was going on. I should have grabbed the camera and got a few pics. Ever tried to fix the picnic table with a dozen 3 to 4 month old purring poults in the way pecking at your hammer and nails?

 

[Struttn1]

Turkeys are awsome. Checkout my Black Spanish who thinks he is a dog and likes his head rubbed.

 

[chickenannie]

That's so funny, our RB gobbler likes that too (being scratched on the head). I thought it was unique to him! ha ha