Tribute to @memphis and her Lapper turkeys

[R2elk]

Mar. 20, 2019 @memphis wrote

R2elk...my girls can only dream handsome fellas like that would wander into their yard! Only thing we attract seems to be guineas.

20 poults Ralphie! Cant wait for pics!!

Speaking of girls...got home & my two are standing side by side preening. Guess the fighting is over! Whew! Glad we are through the annual wrestling match.

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[R2elk]

Mar. 21, 2019 @memphis wrote

Can spring finally be here?? Got some rain last night, but today through the weekend is going to be warm & sunny! Things are all abloom here. Including my sinuses!

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[R2elk]

Mar. 21, 2019 @memphis wrote

It's been so long since mine have laid I've forgotten what they look like.....kidding...kinda.
Mine are bigger than the chicken eggs. Who by the way are laying.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-21122422

 

[R2elk]

Mar. 21, 2019 @memphis wrote

Daisy lays a white egg with no spots.

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[R2elk]

Mar. 21, 2019 @memphis wrote

@Auroradream26 ..... she can fit any bird you have! Does a wonderful job!

Took the girls for a stroll tonight. Waited until the fighting was done. They behaved themselves. Ate a ton of stuff. Annie's swelling is down but she's all scabbed up. Daisy isn't too bad. My friends sweetgrass hatched. She wants me to come see them. I can't! I do not trust myself. Maybe in a few years as my girls age....but not now. Maybe a tom will cut down on their fighting? Hmmm....may be an excuse for a third bird!

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[R2elk]

Mar. 23, 2019 @memphis wrote

Poor Ablyn.
Hoisted each girl up on a grooming table yesterday. Wanted to check them out after their fighting. Other than head scabs, all was good. Had Annie on the table & Daisy hopped up too. Just about the time a neighbor showed up. Momentary confusion . The neighbor thought that grooming table was just for my dogs. Ha...fooled them! As we chatted, both girls laid down on the table & started preening. They are easier to groom than the dogs!

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[R2elk]

Mar. 23, 2019 @memphis wrote

Cut my grass yesterday! Love the smell of freshly cut grass! Almost as much as a homegrown tomato!

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[R2elk]

Mar. 24, 2019 @memphis wrote

Y'all may be right! The girls may be just too busy to think about eggs. They are currently picking out their Easter bonnets. Maybe if I tell them we'll decorate their eggs for Easter they will lay some!
They may be entitled...but they can be such good girls. Daisy let a toddler maul her yesterday on our walk. She just stood there & got hugged on. Parents grinning & taking pictures the whole time while Annie rifled through the kids stroller!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-21133968

 

[R2elk]

Mar. 24, 2019 @memphis wrote

Watching a PBS special on Prince Charles.They were touring his farm where they breed heritage animals. And would you believe....his favorite animals are the turkeys! He stood there talking to them & giggling. Sort of pointed out the other animals, but had to stop & engage the turkeys. Never know where you'll run across a turkey lover!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100.966414/post-21135866

 

[R2elk]

Mar. 25, 2019 @memphis wrote

Thunderstorms last night. Lots of thunder & lightning. Wasn't expecting it. So loud it even woke up the coonhound.
Feedman, heard there were tornadoes in Missouri last night. Hope your ok.
Caught my turkeys munching on my wild ginger ground cover yesterday. And my Japanese Painted fern is just coming up & found Daisy eating that. So the party is over. The girls are now regulated to the back part of the yard. Can't have them eating my gardens. Things are coming up and it's too tempting. They aren't happy. They pace the fence line & stand at the gate whining. They'll get over it.

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