**~~>>Second Annual Cinco de Mayo Turkey Hatchathon<<~~**all poultry welcome!

[Wisher1000]

Mine is not a Muscovy, I think she is a Swedish. Her bill is freckled (yellow with black freckles!) My sister said I should take a sharpie and give her a shiny black bill (I will not.)

 

[yinepu]

Quote: lol.. that's why I said some breeds!

 

[superchemicalgirl]

I am loving the coloring on this boy. He's really friendly, too.

This years CdM birds are almost as big as my two girls from last years hatch. I know BF will probably kill me, but I am not sure I'm going to be able to butcher them.

 

[Wisher1000]

They're very nice! All mine died..........again. The two I bought at the feed store died, too. I'm done with turkeys.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

They're very nice! All mine died..........again. The two I bought at the feed store died, too. I'm done with turkeys.

... unless some eggs arrive in the mail as if by magic?

 

[Wisher1000]

I really think it is something in this environment. They all did the exact same thing. They were fine up until about three months old then I found them dead. Most of them never even touched the ground before they died. No, I don't want to kill anymore turkeys, I'll stick with my chickens.

 

[Arielle]

I am loving the coloring on this boy. He's really friendly, too.

This years CdM birds are almost as big as my two girls from last years hatch. I know BF will probably kill me, but I am not sure I'm going to be able to butcher them.

I keep a f ew just a live art-- the others I manage to get the job done. Just not the special ones.

 

[Arielle]

They're very nice! All mine died..........again. The two I bought at the feed store died, too. I'm done with turkeys.

Fowlman can't keep turkeys either-- they all die. ANd he is a fantastic chicken man.

 

[Wisher1000]

I have been tempted to buy a grown tom just to see if he would live, afterall, we have lots of wild turkeys, but I am afraid he would die and I would feel lousy. I think they are beautiful, but not when they are dead......

 

[yinepu]

Quote:
I think ours are made out of cast iron.. they seem to be bullet proof..
we have one that lives with our ducks and geese.. stays out in all weather and still keeps going just fine... I think he may be a goose in a turkey costume... he even takes a dip in their pool with them on a regular basis..