Surviving Minnesota!

[Rhetts]

Rhetts...we just had a turkey poultry picture slam on the turkey thread! Dang they are cute. Ya'll need a few lappers!

I've been checking in waiting for calf pictures! She's defiantly getting close! Do you know if she's eating today? My experience is they stop eating about 12 hours prior to birthing.

What is 'lappers'?

She has been eating today. She is chewing cud as I type.

 

[holm25]

What is 'lappers'?

She has been eating today.  She is chewing cud as I type.

They are lap turkeys. Kinda like a lap dog.

 

[Rhetts]

They are lap turkeys. Kinda like a lap dog.

Oh..........Yeah mine are not lappers.

 

[holm25]

Oh..........Yeah mine are not lappers.  

Neither are mine... They are a mix of tolerants and belly buttons.... Their belly button shows most when I try to get pics...

 

[Bogtown Chick]

Your hairy coos and Hereford are beautiful Rhett's. Oh that momma is just a laboring and laboring isn't she?! I can't imagine. They have so much strength.

Beautiful new 2-3 inches of snow here.

 

[duluthralphie]

poultry or predator??

A cat

 

[Rhetts]

A cat

do you own any cats or is this a visiting kind?

 

[Rhetts]

@memphis What other poultry do you have besides turkeys? What kind of turkeys (besides lappers) do you have?

 

[memphis]

Rhetts...we developed a system to classify turkey temperament.

Lapper = Lap Turkey. A turkey that seeks out human contact. Sitting on laps is a common trait.

Tolerant Turkey = Tolerates human contact but doesn't seek it out. You can pick them up easily.

Lurkey Turkey = A turkey that follows you around, or hangs out with you, but doesn't like to be touched

Bellybutton = Ya'll know what that means!


We regularly refer to turkeys like that.

 

[Rhetts]

Your hairy coos and Hereford are beautiful Rhett's. Oh that momma is just a laboring and laboring isn't she?! I can't imagine. They have so much strength.

Beautiful new 2-3 inches of snow here.

I can't understand why she would be so dang swollen back there. She seems so uncomfortable. Up and down and licking all the time. I wish I could help some how.


I L O V E S N O W!!!!!!!!!! Freshly fallen snow with out a track in it is SO beautiful. But I do love seeing the kids' boot prints and tracks all over the yard too.