Tribute to @memphis and her Lapper turkeys

[R2elk]

May 31, 2019 @memphis wrote

GUESS WHAT!!! Found a breeder little bit over 2 hours from Memphis breeding Penciled AND Mottled! Heading there Sunday! I can't believe it! The Turkey Gods are looking out for me!!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-21411378

 

[R2elk]

May 31, 2019 @memphis wrote

I'm getting two. Would love to have one of each color...but we'll see what they look like. I'm just hoping for hens!! I'm going for anything with skinny legs! I guess I'll hope for a poop test....straight or J shaped. If I end up with a tom...my whole convent concept may be in jeopardy !!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-21412657

 

[R2elk]

May 31, 2019 @memphis wrote

I don't know....but if someone poops a J it's off the list! LOL!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-21412943

 

[R2elk]

May 31, 2019 @memphis wrote

I think poop is the most common topic throughout BYC!!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-21413182

 

[R2elk]

May 31, 2019 @memphis wrote

Daisy seems to be doing ok. She just trails behind me. Wants her snood scratched. Poor baby.
Neighbors still stopping by.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-21413261

 

[R2elk]

Jun. 1, 2019 @memphis wrote

Cynthia and the Marauders! It could be a Rock & Roll group! I'm sure its frustrating...but it's kind of cool! Turkey see, turkey do...
I agree R2elk...would we do without our Chief Poop Inspector.
I feel like a kid on Christmas Eve. Get to go pick out my new turkeys tomorrow. Big day for me & Daisy. Y'all realize I've never had poults. I've always had mature ladies. I'm looking forward to young ones. Neighbors are aware new babies are coming. They are all a twitter. Young ones will be in seclusion for awhile. No roaming the neighborhood until they are older. Neighbors still wanting to sneak a peak. When someone has a "human" baby around here, its cause for excitement. Didn't realize baby turkeys would cause the same reaction. Lots of anticipation.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-21414299

 

[R2elk]

Jun. 1, 2019 @memphis wrote

OMG Aurora! I bet she will!
Funny thing about the neighbors. Half of which I'm not sure where they live! We get walkers from other streets too. They do like the turkeys. What's not to like? Big fluffy sweet huggable birds. I think they are just amused having turkeys in the neighborhood. Many have chickens. Most never met a turkey before. All the kids love them...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-21414482

 

[R2elk]

Jun. 1, 2019 @memphis wrote

Well...I'm betting about 10 minutes! She loved those baby SS. Still does. She was very good with them when they were young. Had them under constant surveillance. It wore her out!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-21414674

 

[R2elk]

Jun. 2, 2019 @memphis wrote

Daisy trudged around with me all day Had a few kids stop by. She liked that. Sat in the middle of the front yard with the gaggle of little girls picking clover for her. Boy will she be surprised to see the poults this afternoon! Off to Arkansas about 8. Cant wait!!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-21417432

 

[R2elk]

Jun. 2, 2019 @memphis wrote

We made it home! With a mottled & penciled! They are young! Had set up a wire crate for them that they immediately escaped. Had to get an airline crate. Set a chair in front of the crate that Daisy immediately commandeered. She's standing there talking to them. The mottled is pretty sweet. The penciled is WILD & panicky. My work is cut out! Leaving them alone with Daisy for awhile to settle in & calm down a bit. Way too young to even have a chance at determining sex. And no one even pooped for me. Tried to get the ladies to show me their little ankles....that didn't work either. The Tri-mottled is the first & only one this guy has ever bred. The others have all been mottled. Black & white. This one had brown specks too. I think he was just going to show it to me. But when I wouldn't let go of it he caved & let me take it. Pic as soon as I can take them with out a ton of stress.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-21418763