Tribute to @memphis and her Lapper turkeys

[R2elk]

Oct. 23, 2018 @memphis wrote

That's funny Molpet! I may need to try some peanuts. They may like them. You know, they can be picky about new foods sometimes. If they see the chickens eating something, they usually try it. Or if I hand something to Daisy she'll usually try eating it. Annie will turn her beak up!

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[R2elk]

Oct. 24, 2018 @memphis wrote

Now they are talking about rain this weekend. Darn...Daisy has been prepping for her photo shoot all week. She'll be disappointed.

Annie's tail is almost grown in. She seems less grumpy, but is still dropping feathers. Her molt is progressing at a slower pace than Daisy's. Daisy seemed to drop all feathers at once.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-20573900

 

[R2elk]

Oct. 25, 2018 @memphis wrote

That's a nice run Aurora! I'm looking forward to your breeding results this spring....the penciled mystery...love a mystery!

Rainy day ahead. We need it. Birds don't seem to mind.

Daisy hopping & dancing on our walk yesterday evening. Annie focused on grazing. Neighbors wandering about got a kick out of a turkey dancing her way down the sidewalk. Turkey girls sure loving the cooler weather. Cooler weather, acorns everywhere, new feathers...geez...why not dance!!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-20577488

 

[R2elk]

Oct. 26, 2018 @memphis wrote

Friends of mine sent me information on an artist that has mounted a show (at a gallery in Charlotte) entitled "Unsliced: Turkeys Off The Plate". Sybil Fix is the artist. Her statement about the show is "to free them from the invisibility to which they have been relegated".
I have no idea how to import the link. But if you Google the artist you can pull up info on the show.

Just thought it was interesting there is an artist featuring turkeys in a show!!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-20581100

 

[R2elk]

Oct. 26, 2018 @memphis wrote

LOL...turkeys can be so dramatic!!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-20582401

 

[R2elk]

Oct. 28, 2018 @memphis wrote

Speaking of dramatic. Standing out front. Talking with a cluster of neighbors. Daisy & Annie grazing a yard away when they realized I had drifted further from them than they liked. Daisy did twirling touch and goes & Annie ran toward us flapping. The neighbors gave Daisy a "10" for creativity and Annie a " 10" for effort. So the girls joined the neighborhood clutch. Daisy of course stood there trying to understand what we were talking about while Annie untied tennis shoe laces. So grateful for understanding neighbors.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-20587441

 

[R2elk]

Oct. 28, 2018 @memphis wrote

77 here today! Wow! Gave the hound a bath & one poopy butt Australorp. Hound didn't care, chicken kept screaming. Annie hopped onto grooming table. Shes lucky she's full of pins or she'd have been next.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-20588972

 

[R2elk]

Oct. 28, 2018 @memphis wrote

Kids are getting big Aurora! Geez! Our trick or treat is Wednesday. 60% chance of rain, darn it! I loved Halloween as a kid.
Had a nice long stroll. Girls got their fill of cracked acorns. Some weird weed that sprung up and they devoured. And to top it off Daisy ate two mosquitoes that landed on me. Got to 78 today. The mosquitoes took no time to hatch. No one out & about...it was lovely. They are both looking fat & fluffy now that the bulk of their feathers are in.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-20589828

 

[R2elk]

Oct. 31, 2018 @memphis wrote

Did you catch that Rjohns?? Sfgwife & I are meeting at your house! Turkey party!!!

Still nice & warm. Unfortunately the storms are rolling in right at Trick or Treat time. Hate that. We have such cute little kids on our street....was looking forward to seeing them dressed up. One of them wanted me to dress Annie as a vampire. Thought that was a good suggestion! And Daisy would have made a fabulous peacock! One year I need to actually dress them up!!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-20600139

 

[R2elk]

Nov. 1, 2018 @memphis wrote

R2elk....I love it when Daisy does a fly by. I swear shes grinning at me. Guessing she bounces around for the fun of it. If people witness her flying on our walks they are blown away.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-20602742