North Carolina

[BHep]

Here is a picture of Tennesee today. In all her cute & ugly. Seriously she is ugly. Her skin feels weird and you can see through it. LOL This thing looks like a dinosaur. At least the showgirl has some curl. And I love the feathers sticking up on top of her head.

 

[EmtheFishLady]

I love showgirls! I am planning a test hatch soon to test my bator, and planning to add some showgirls in there. I showed my hubby a pic of one, and he said "uhh, is it sick?"

 

[Miss Lydia]

Beth now that does look prehistoric... but cute too, I like anything different so I guess thats why I like these kind of birds....does she live in your house, she doesn't look very cold hardy..like maybe zone 9

 

[EmtheFishLady]

I'm the same way. I love all things different. I am planning on buying some showgirl hatching eggs, and will probably sell a few Miss Lydia.

 

[HenThymes]

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She may be lacking something in her diet or she is just one of those hens that is an "egg eater"..

 

[Greenskeeper]

Really. Someone get that thing some clOthes! It looks like a raptor!

 

[BHep]

hahahahaaaa


Yes she is in the house. Just hatched New Years Day. I have a bunch in the laundry room waiting to move out. I thought this weekend, since its been nice, now today it is in the high 20s and windy as heck, so they all remain in. Now, I heard that these Turkens (naked necks) are cold hardy. Someone on here has them in Maine and she told me she has no problems. The man I got the eggs from is about an hour from here and he has 4 NN in with his EE rooster. I still have hope its a hen, will keep her either way. She kinda grows on you. If she turns out to be a rooster I will let him hang out with my EEs.

 

[Miss Lydia]

With all the skin showing you wouldn't think it would be cold hardy, you might want to make it a little sweater....I'm serious Nettie makes clothes for her ducks and shoes too...

 

[EmtheFishLady]

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When I was growing up I'd come here for the summers, and there were a bunch on turkens running around wild and free. They didn't belong to anyone. They hatched out tons of babies and lived for years.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Wow, what ever happened to the Em? predators? I had a hen turkey come up our drive way once and did a little dance for my drake Muscovy, it was so funny, must not have been any male turkeys in our neck of the woods.