Tribute to @memphis and her Lapper turkeys

[R2elk]

Jun. 21, 2019 @memphis wrote

My turkeys know their names... and come when called. Tell your daughter after several months of saying their name and handing them a seed they figured it out. Takes some time and consistent training. A turkey responding to its name & coming when called impresses the pet dog owners whose dogs blow them off. Tell her it's all about time & consistency. Do the same thing over & over and in the same way and he'll figure it out!

Sorry....just can't help offering Turkey training tips! After all, Daisy will complete a whole agility course! So proud of her!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-21483510

 

[R2elk]

Jun. 21, 2019 @memphis wrote

She's slowly getting better with lap training.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-21483633

 

[R2elk]

Jun. 21, 2019 @memphis wrote

I think she's pretty. But I find turkeys attractive. Not sure what that says about me as most find them unattractive! My sister calls them prehistoric looking. At the lake...that sounds like fun!! Jealous!!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-21483934

 

[R2elk]

Jun. 22, 2019 @memphis wrote

Making progress! Those SS can really form a lap mob. Daisy won't allow them in my lap. I have to sneak out there for SS cuddling!
Did you give Tommy some treats while he was training??

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-21486831

 

[R2elk]

Jun. 23, 2019 @memphis wrote

Keep a few BOSS seeds in your pocket. Hand JJJr. one every so often. That might help. Of course he may realize your pocket is the source of all seeds & get his head stuck in your pocket. That happened to me. But an occasional seed seemed to help at first. At first I'd hand them just one seed at a time after saying their name. Now they lap without seeds. They just want attention! That or a soft place for a nap!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-21488044

 

[R2elk]

Jun. 25, 2019 @memphis wrote

Flashpoint....your not needy, good questions! Mine have a 16x16 combo coop and run. The back one fourth has boards on two sides and the back. That's were their roosts are. It's for a wind block during the winter, or tornado! Its completely covered with a corrugated roof. But they free range all day and are only in there at night, or to lay an egg, or if I need to confine them for some reason. I have to lick up Daisy when I mow or am hosting an event involving food. They will steal food off people's plates.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-21495291

 

[R2elk]

Jun. 25, 2019 @memphis wrote

I also hang box fans around the coop/run thing during the summer.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-21495295

 

[R2elk]

Jun. 25, 2019 @memphis wrote

As hot & humid as it gets down here....the whole flock lives a box fan! Me & Daisy sharing one...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-21495933

 

[R2elk]

Jun. 27, 2019 @memphis wrote

I can pick out female Speckled Sussex. They develop little tail feathers before the boys. Last two SS I got were in a bin full of little SS. The young gal helping me thought I was nuts by comparing tail development on those tiny little hineys, but sure enough....both are hens!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-21501372

 

[R2elk]

Jun. 27, 2019 @memphis wrote

Getting ready to park my poults out in the yard in an X-pen this weekend. If the weather cooperates. Storming now. Lots of thunder...but none of the high winds.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-21502416