Snow turk! Pic of one of our BR's on the frozen tundra

[ohiofarmgirl]

One of this summer's young males - we call him The Ostrich because he's taller than our tom, TurkZilla

 

[Tuffoldhen]

Pretty pic!!! Reminds me of a wild one out in the woods!

 

[Brunty_Farms]

Wow you guys got a lot more snow than we did... Where are you at again? We are just north of Akron.

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

oh hey Brunty Farms! i was thinking of your big turkey processing adventure just the other day -- and golly i think i passed along your contact over here to someone else. you're famous!

yep we were right on the edge of The Big Snow -- probably about 4+ inches and just as it started to squish down and melt.. here it comes again. sigh.

we're south and east of columbus


hows about that young turk? he's a beaut. we'll keep him as the sire for a couple of hens. we ended up having 3 males and then 5 hens...and we still have the 6 poults from Bramble's late summer hatch.

 

[sandspoultry]

He is nice looking in the snow, the red shows up good.
Sharon

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

thanks Sharon!

today they finally got over their snow-hatin' and stayed outside almost the whole day. when we got the first round of snow they woudlnt even come out!

 

[chickenzoo]

He's saying BURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

 

[chickenannie]

He looks powerful... how did they handle the snow?

My BR turkeys were babies: "i'm not going out there in that white stuff". Later they all tooled through the snow a few times, but basically just hung out by the barn.

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

well the first day they all hid in their house like the chickens. then they started venturing out. now we cant keep them inside!

i think they are pretty darn winter hardy but we are not letting our late season hatchers out - they are almost as big as their momma but i dont want them to get chilled. we keep getting rain/snow mix. yikes!

interestingly, they are making a TON of mud! there was a spot over by the house that wasnt snowed on and now it looks like the pigs (RIP or RIF - rest in freezer) have been rolling in that spot!

the young ducks were the cutest... they were catching the snowflakes and eating them like little bugs!

 

[countrylife]

My Auburn boy's are going to get their first snow experience tomorrow, think I'll get the camera ready!!!