- Aug 3, 2011
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Welcome brother.
My wife and I are both disabled vets and have PTSD . In fact, we met in the VA hospital.
I found the turkeys and chickens, especially the turkeys to be very therapeutic.. From actually having to get out of the house to care for living things that depend on me, to the physical work involved in building and maintaining the coop and pen.. Also, after the work is done sitting back and watching them interact with each other.. I could sit on a lounge chair for hours and watch their dynamics.. Kind of like an outdoor fishtank, only i can handle the birds.
I have found the turkeys to be a lot more "people friendly" .. The chickens and turkeys are raised in the same environment and conditions, but while the chickens will stay more than an arms length from me even at feeding time, the turkeys will come up to me and greet me.. If I'm outside the coop working, they come out and hang out with me while i'm working. No offense to any "chicken people" on the board. But this is the turkey area of the forum.
Here is my thing with all the birds when it comes to who gets eaten. I have it decided when I get them.. I buy Cornish X chickens with the intention of slaughter. It's cruel to keep them alive.. Same goes with the turkeys.. I order the white or bronze domestics.. I also got into this knowing that i would have to cull some toms from time to time..
I think someone mentioned it a bit ago, but if you're going to keep them around as pets, stick to the heritage breeds..
My wife and I are both disabled vets and have PTSD . In fact, we met in the VA hospital.
I found the turkeys and chickens, especially the turkeys to be very therapeutic.. From actually having to get out of the house to care for living things that depend on me, to the physical work involved in building and maintaining the coop and pen.. Also, after the work is done sitting back and watching them interact with each other.. I could sit on a lounge chair for hours and watch their dynamics.. Kind of like an outdoor fishtank, only i can handle the birds.
I have found the turkeys to be a lot more "people friendly" .. The chickens and turkeys are raised in the same environment and conditions, but while the chickens will stay more than an arms length from me even at feeding time, the turkeys will come up to me and greet me.. If I'm outside the coop working, they come out and hang out with me while i'm working. No offense to any "chicken people" on the board. But this is the turkey area of the forum.
Here is my thing with all the birds when it comes to who gets eaten. I have it decided when I get them.. I buy Cornish X chickens with the intention of slaughter. It's cruel to keep them alive.. Same goes with the turkeys.. I order the white or bronze domestics.. I also got into this knowing that i would have to cull some toms from time to time..
I think someone mentioned it a bit ago, but if you're going to keep them around as pets, stick to the heritage breeds..
