run away turkeys????

[aoxa]

Not hunting... But the more comedic act of trying to catch them... They probably would tie it, overfeed it and kill/pluck/cook it. Especially passers by who don't know who they belong to...

Wow! Don't have to worry about that at all here! I see that you used to live in NB How cool! I live near Moncton myself!

 

[maidenwolfx80]

I let my turkeys out every evening for 1-2 hours before roosting time. They love it and follow me everywhere. When I get out of sight they call to me, I call back and they come running like a heard of horses

lol you can hear them trampling the ground. I walk around pulling weeds from the garden and they are right there with me eating any bugs I dig up before they get away. Anytime I need to go inside they go back to the safety of being close to the coop but come running when I come back out. They are so fun to watch!!

Yes, my turkeys are spoiled!!

I say let them out an hour before roosting and see how it goes. Keep their favorite treat handy so you can lure them back in if need be. Good luck!!

 

[De Wet]

if you tell them about thanks giving day they defintley run off

 

[PekinBantam]

if you tell them about thanks giving day they defintley run off

 

[frank53061]

The idea of keeping the food inside the pen works for me that's what I do and if they are older birds and you did not raise them at that location I would keep them confined to there pen from the time you got them for 2 to 4 weeks to be on the safe side.
And as stated here let them out for s few hours supervised.
Its different for everybody and as my Turkeys get older I might just stop clipping there wings but right now that's what I am doing because they would prefer to roost in the trees and I have to many coons and possums they would love to have a Turkey dinner.
As a wise man said once Turkeys are like a box of chocolates you just don't know what you might get.

.