There is a WILD TURKEY in my yard!

[newnanchic]

Here in Newnan we have quite a few come thru our back yard. We put corn out in our back yard to feed them. The deer and the turkeys both will come right up in the back and eat it all up. And the squirrells love it too !!!!

 

[Hotwings]

Here in the city wild turkeys have managed to survive in small pockets of wooded and crop areas. I see them a lot where I work. I had one fly across a busy road one time. They are accustomed to people but don't let you get that close. The one picture on the person that got that close-those birds must of been fed by humans and got used to them being so close and all. I can never get close to a flock of turkeys. They were once rare here in Michigan but I guess the transplants took. They seem to thrive where once there was a flourishing wild ring-necked pheasants that soon disapeared, which is sad cause I miss the mating call of the male in the spring. I remember when I was young I would hear them all the time. How is everyones pheasant population doing? Has anyone seen any wild pheasants lately?

 

[Mahonri]

I was in upstate NY two summers ago and along the freeway east of Buffalo we saw many wild Turkeys. I've never seen any out west.

 

[ams3651]

we have ring necks here too. They stopped the hunting of them in several townships for a few years and some people raised and released them. They seem to be doing well, their downfall comes from the fact that they seem to be so dumb. We have a male that stays on this stretch of road, the guy about mile down raised and released him. I hear him every morning, the other day he suprised me when i walked around back, he flew off. Ive never seen him so close. Boy, are they good in spaghetti sauce...

 

[The Chicken Lady]

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Yes, there are plenty of them in the Tri-Cities area (Bay City, Midland, Saginaw) in the rural farming communities. They like to skulk in the grain fields.

 

[conny63malies]

I saw wild turkeys twice. Across from the golfcourse in Ft Knox was a huge family of them, atleast15-20. And back in florida when i drove the backroads to Orlando through the horse country i saw a smaller group. My husbands would have written "there is a wild turkey in the garage, now pluck it , i am hungry"

 

[sundance]

since we live a mile off the highway,(told you we lived in the woodsssssssss) they are all around our house. DH said he is going to kill one, told him hoped he planned on dressing it to, iwasn't, can't stand the smell of feathers.

marrie

 

[painter chick]

We have two hens that come around daily right now and hang out, they appear to know there safe here in the yard. Once all the hens get together with there brood its a riot to watch the chicks(?) especially when there teenagers freaking each other out. In the spring we get the Toms fighting in our front yard, its pretty intense, they grab each other with there beaks twisting there necks around and chest bumping the other Tom away from the hens.

We have a full glass storm door and one day I heard banging on the front door and when I came around the corner there were 3 young Toms banging at there reflections in the glass, it was like they were telling me to fill the bird feeders and throw them more corn.

 

[ChickPeas]

We get those in our yard fairly frequently..a couple of months ago we had 4 hens and two toms poking around...they're gorgeous!

 

[menageriemama]

Wild turkeys are making a comeback here in northern Wisconsin. Last year we had a flock wander through our property right past the chicken run. They paused for about five minutes to "commune" with my hens and then wandered off into the bog. They are the most unlikely creatures...