New Male turkey constantly puffing up

Snoopy11

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Hello there my good people!

I have a question for you all.

So... a few months ago... we picked up a Tom turkey from a lady here in Indiana.

Well... this guy is quite an irritant... he always wants to be around people... stays puffed up all the time... bumping into us, etc...

I just wanted to ask if you guys think this is... normal... or do I have a nut on my hands...?

Don
 

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Pretty normal. The only time I've seen my tom not displaying is when he was a baby, and when he doesn't think I can see him out the window.
 
Pretty normal.
The bad part about it is... he... eh... won't leave me alone. I go into the shop... he follows... displaying... :wee

I work under the truck... he follows... displaying... :wee

I go into the house... he comes to the window... displaying... :wee

As I type this to you... he is strutting round and round my chair as I sit on the patio... :he

Doesn't he ever get tired...??? :idunno

Don
 
The bad part about it is... he... eh... won't leave me alone. I go into the shop... he follows... displaying... :wee

I work under the truck... he follows... displaying... :wee

I go into the house... he comes to the window... displaying... :wee

As I type this to you... he is strutting round and round my chair as I sit on the patio... :he

Doesn't he ever get tired...??? :idunno

Don
He was human imprinted and thinks you are a hen turkey to be wooed.

Turkeys are very social birds. Get him some hen turkeys to occupy his time.
 
The bad part about it is... he... eh... won't leave me alone.
Welcome officially to the Human-Imprinted-Turkey Club, I suppose.

My girl is only 8 weeks old as of today, and I can already picture her learning how to jump the outdoor cat tree to peck at the sink window. She’s also a certified Stalker™ and loves to tell me about everything I’ve missed while I was gone.

And that’s not even counting her chicken entourage…
 

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