Tribute to @memphis and her Lapper turkeys

[R2elk]

Sep. 14, 2017 @memphis wrote

Hey Feedman! Corn looked good in SE MO when I was up for the eclipse. The cotton was in bloom on the delta. I love it when the bolls open. Looks like snow on the delta as far as you can see.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-18969150

 

[R2elk]

Sep. 14, 2017 @memphis wrote

And of course when they start harvesting cotton it floats in the air like cotton candy puffs. Then the cotton snakes start piling up in front of the cotton broker offices ready to be classed. Cotton puffs float all over Cotton Row in downtown Memphis. Its all so cool.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-18969160

 

[R2elk]

Sep. 15, 2017 @memphis wrote

Crazy Mama....yes....turkeys are way cool!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-18970480

 

[R2elk]

Sep. 15, 2017 @memphis wrote

Well I was going to go back and multi-quote everyone, but I'm so far behind now I'll just post here...

What killed her was hardware disease, septicemia from hardware disease and probably renal gout from hardware disease.

Her necropsy revealed free floating food and pus in her abdominal cavity. This piece of plastic fence/netting was in her proventriculas and her proventriculas had ruptured in two places. Quarter is shown to provide scale.
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I mentioned her gizzard was squishy, it also had a strange growth on it.
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In that growth was a needle surrounded by pus! I'm guessing that she swallowed the needle and it exited the gizzard.
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Photo Bomb

Spoiler: Lots of family friendly turkey pictures

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Kathy....she's beautiful! So colorful!
And boy do mine love a dust bath!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-18972760

 

[R2elk]

Sep. 17, 2017 @memphis wrote

Rjohns....so sorry. Sure does leave a hole in your heart.

Flashpoint....Brandie is beautiful! She reminds me of Annie...has to get her beak in the middle of everything.

Starting a thread on myths would be good. Call it "Fowl - Fact or Fiction"?

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-18978308

 

[R2elk]

Sep. 18, 2017 @memphis wrote

AnnintheBurbs...looks like a hen. Cute story about the flock following your neighbors. O me of my hens chased after as jogger. The jogger freaked out.
BantamBird....I will not be showing that video to my birds! They would be so jealous and try to order one from Amazon!
Last year when Annie went broody I would wet her feed, pick her up off the nest and she'd stand there & eat every piece. I swear she gained weight....

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-18980910

 

[R2elk]

Sep. 18, 2017 @memphis wrote

Ann...your little love is a little hen! Nothing better than a lapper!! That's what we call our lap turkeys around here! My Daisy will hop in my lap & settle in for a nap. I usually park my Notebook on top of her & answer emails. She's like a lap desk!!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-18982293

 

[R2elk]

Sep. 19, 2017 @memphis wrote

My Daisy does not like or trust dogs. Annie, given the chance, would be dog aggressive. It all hinges on their personal dog experiences.

Kathy, what up with the tom and the babies? Too sweet!

R2elk, I remember you posting a pic of that wild hen in the snow. And the story of her returning every year. Kind of sad that she's gone.....

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-18983056

 

[R2elk]

Sep. 19, 2017 @memphis wrote

Figures its the Speckled Sussex so insistent up on helping! Cute story R2elk. I'm still brooding my two new SS babies. Spot & Dot. I'm hoping to set up one of my dog excessive pens today & expose them to the rest of the flock. They are almost ready to move outside. Just a few feathers to go. No idea of what to expect with the turkeys. They pretty much ignore the chickens.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-18983655

 

[R2elk]

Sep. 19, 2017 @memphis wrote

Worst Molt contest is open! Entered Annie. The pictures don't do her molt justice tho....

Daisy is molting now. Maybe I can get some good shots of her

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-18983858