Kelly Klumpp
Chirping
Recently, my only female turkey has been acting strange, screaming in the middle of the yard separated from the rest of the foul. She will even walk away from the flock which she never has done before unless unintentionally, and walk towards the sides of our house. She started making some new noises as well, and when a human walks close to her or repeats the noises she is making, she will fluff all her feathers out and resemble a male turkey and walk towards the human, doing a kind of sidestep footwork as she comes. This behavior is really puzzling and we are new to turkey raising-- we have only raised chickens before. What is she doing? Does she need something from us, like a male turkey?