Tribute to @memphis and her Lapper turkeys

[R2elk]

Jul. 12, 2018 @memphis wrote

Speaking of entitled turkeys...next door neighbor was running his lawn sprinkler yesterday evening. He & I stood there laughing as the turkeys kept walking through it. Silly girls where playing in it like a couple of kids. Turkeys are such a hoot!!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-20209337

 

[R2elk]

Jul. 13, 2018 @memphis wrote

Turkey Times...the neighborhood kids think its perfectly natural that the turkeys are so interactive....its the parents that are bowled over when their kid can walk up & hug a turkey. Funny how the turkeys love to play in water & my chickens quietly wander off in the other direction. Turkeys just wanna have fun!!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-20213454

 

[R2elk]

Jul. 13, 2018 @memphis wrote

PolarBerry....I think they'll be fine. You've got the fan on them and that will help. I haven't seen any signs of molting here yet. But with this heat it wouldn't surprise me if they started plucking their feathers out just to stay cooler! This heat is probably harder on me than it is on them.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-20213465

 

[R2elk]

Jul. 13, 2018 @memphis wrote

Sfgwife...anytime I have company in my yard in the evening , my turkeys will not go to roost! Too social. They will fall asleep roosting on a lap or chair, but they have to be in the middle of any social event. The chickens won't come near strangers and put themselves to bed religiously.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-20213472

 

[R2elk]

Jul. 13, 2018 @memphis wrote

Blah!! 106 heat index today. Sure wish we'd get a break. Wading pools are popular. Sort of funny to look out of the house & see the whole flock standing around in their little pools in front of a fan.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-20216676

 

[R2elk]

Jul. 14, 2018 @memphis wrote

Oh that's funny Aurora! Pebbles is one tough moma bird! They can be so dramatic!!

Finnie...your right about last years molt. Mine molted earlier than normal by almost two months. Chickens too. Then we had one of the coldest winters recorded down here. The year before they didn't molt till December & we barely had any cold weather. I remember keeping tabs on others folks bird's molts just out of curiosity . So now I'm convinced our birds should be long range forecasters for the Weather Channel. Our birds are more accurate than that rodent who gets all that press for predicting the weather.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-20217655

 

[R2elk]

Jul. 14, 2018 @memphis wrote

Speaking of weather....I'm sure y'all are sick of my whining ....but this heat is wearing on me, the dogs, & my birds. And why in the midst of all this extreme heat Annie decided she wants to be a lapper is beyond me. Daisy is currently laying an early evening egg. As soon as she hits the nest box, Annie has been wanting to sit in my lap. She's never been one to take a lap nap. She doesn't mind being picked up or petted....but never would settle down in a lap. I'll never understand these guys.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-20217657

 

[R2elk]

Jul. 14, 2018 @memphis wrote

Good luck Feedman. Wonder what he'll come home with! Seems he always finds a few birds he needs. LOL!
Cleaned pens this morning. Turkeys helped as best they could. Watermelon on the menu this afternoon. I think that's their favorite.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-20218432

 

[R2elk]

Jul. 14, 2018 @memphis wrote

Feedman....I knew you'd come back with something!!
I couldn't live with guineas either. I do enjoy the guinea thread....its so funny sometimes! Wacky little birds!!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-20219753

 

[R2elk]

Jul. 16, 2018 @memphis wrote

Boy did we have a nasty storm blow up out of nowhere yesterday evening! I ran out & got the chickens cooped but the lightning was scaring me. Didn't get the turkeys cooped before I ran back to the house. Lots of rain, wind, thunder, lightning. Finally calmed down enough for me to go see where the turkeys ended up. I was hoping they cooped themselves....but no....they were perched on the back of a bench, way out in the yard. So in the pouring rain, I grabbed one after another & made a break for their coop. They were soggy messes. And fussing the whole time. Not happy. I felt sorry they got left out in such a bad storm...but really girls...could you not have put yourselves to bed??

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-20225805