Tribute to @memphis and her Lapper turkeys

[R2elk]

May 9, 2017 @memphis wrote

Well folks...our site goes down today. Guess I'll see ya'll once we go live with the new site.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-18461411

 

[R2elk]

May 18, 2017 @memphis wrote

Aurora, I'm so sorry about Sprinkles.

And its great to be back "home"! I've been in Missouri since last Saturday showing dogs...so just now checking in! Heading home Saturday. 10 days with nothing but dogs to makes me miss my turkey girls!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-18473834

 

[R2elk]

May 18, 2017 @memphis wrote

Have a few seconds before heading over to the banquet. Uggg....tired. Finnie, my bitch qualified in sheep & cattle....she got third place in both.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-18476150

 

[R2elk]

May 19, 2017 @memphis wrote

Hey...did I miss Mr. T/Ethel Jr.'s hatch?? Holm....do you have poults?? Slowly making my way home. Done showing, in Ste. Genevieve now. Back to Memphis tomorrow. Can't wait to see the girls. Poor dears, I'm sure they are feeling abandoned.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-18479920

 

[R2elk]

May 20, 2017 @memphis wrote

Ever play the game Clue? The hen hidden behind tree in the orchard at Mrs. Mustard's house did it!! Honestly R2elk....that is a mystery!
Home! Exhausted! Turkey girls & I had a happy reunion. Sweeties! Annie had to greet me at the top of her air sacks & Daisy is following me around constantly trilling.
Holm...post the poult pics. I'm not going back to that other site.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-18484918

 

[R2elk]

May 21, 2017 @memphis wrote

I love dancing eggs! Well...off for a morning stroll with the girls. Annie is so funny. She walks right up to me, looks me in the eye & issues a pile of turkey gibberish. And Daisy is sticking tight just trilling away as if all is right in her world. I was gone longer than usual. My sitter is good, but no lap time or walks. I'm sure they feel abused. They are a bit e

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-18487354

 

[R2elk]

May 23, 2017 @memphis wrote

There is one feral hanging around the neighborhood. I've been lax, I need to trap it & get rid of it. However, Sunday as the turkeys & I were collecting the neighbors mail we confronted it in her backyard. Both girls fluffed, fanned, stuck their necks out & marched toward it. That cat got the weirdest look on its face & ran.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-18496032

 

[R2elk]

May 24, 2017 @memphis wrote

I'm agreeing with R2elk. Several years ago we had a "cat lady" in the neighborhood. I trapped 14 feral cats & dropped them off at the shelter. I got tired of seeing song bird remains scattered about. And the poop in my front garden beds was beyond disgusting. One of my elderly neighbors fell trying to chase one out of his vegetable garden. That was the last straw.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-18500548

 

[R2elk]

May 24, 2017 @memphis wrote

Good points Finnie. Since I cleared out the colony we haven't seen any new ones. I understand the spay & release thing. But I'm not spending my money on that. We don't have any free programs here. Plus, I barely have the time to get my chores. Just don't have the time to chauffeur stray cats around. Dropping them at the shelter was my best option.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-18500730

 

[R2elk]

May 25, 2017 @memphis wrote

OMG R2elk....about spit my coffee across the room...coyote bait! Now that never occurred to me!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-18505188