Turkeys For 2013

[chicken pickin]

Sorry to hear about your poults Farmer

I have a question and a little vent. I belong to a facebook poultry BST page locally and I posted my Red Bronze poults on there to sell, someone was intersted and wanted to know if Turkeys were aggressive. ALL my turkeys are puppy dogs so I said No turkeys are very friendly. I had someone chime in and say that Borboun Red turkeys were very aggressive and that he was not trying to interrupt a sale but he did not want to see any young children get hurt. He said Toms especially were mean. Is this true? I am pretty shocked at this statement, he said he has been raising Turkeys for 25 years. I just have never heard of turkeys being aggressive and I know kuntrygirl that is your breed and I've never heard you say they were mean. I'm a bit offended he would go onto a public page and call me out like that but maybe he knows something I don't?

Im new to turkeys and I raise Bourbon Reds, I only had 5 so they are they only ones I can compare to. Raising them they were fantastic just like you said puppy dogs. I have 2 hens and had 3 toms. About a month and a half ago one of my Toms seemed to veiw me as a threat and he started getting a little mean. He would lower his head and run real fast at me as though he was going to nip me in the legs or feet. He did this daily for about 3 weeks until we decided to process him for Easter dinner. Turkeys are animals just like anything else and if they feel threatened well they will defend what they think is theirs. I do blame myself because the 3 Toms were sparring one day and it was getting very vicious and I tried to intervene. SO Since that day I think he saw me as another sparring Tom and it doesnt help that my only squatting hen ONLY squats for me. I was a threat to him. So I do not veiw turkeys as aggressive but there may be one in a bunch that may challenge you.

 

[kuntrygirl]

I just have one poult.. No idea if its a boy or girl... When it sneezes some liquid came out witch in assuming was snot.. It sneezed on my hand an it was gross but the sneezing has gone down an today I did not c it sneeze at all- but I did not spend that much time watching it.. But it never had anything of those symptoms y'all said just a sneeze it is weird

Sounds like he is sick. He will need Tylan. How much does he weigh to determine dosage?

 

[kuntrygirl]

Went to check on the turkeys that were sitting on a gazillion eggs. I found a 3rd hen had joined the bunch but guess what????? ALL OF THE EGGS ARE GONE !!!!!!!!!

Some varmint (2 legged or 4 legged) went there and got all of the eggs. Not sure if it was a raccoon, opossum, snake or human. I don't think it was a person because no one knew they were there. And my neighbor would not have take any eggs. She is a family friend for 40 years. Oh well. Now I have to go and get them and bring them back home to break them of being broody.

 

[Sally8]

How's the little poult doing? I forgot to ask. Is he the only poult/chick that you have? Not that it is the cause of the sneezing but in my very first hatch, 1 came extremely early. He did so poorly and finally died. They need at least 1 friend. Keep us posted on the little guy. I'm learning right along with you.

I also would be offended by the comment by anyone if I were selling anything. My tom is over a yr. I'm sensible enough to keep an eye on him as we have a hen that is "his". Common sense is what is needed with any animal. We don't know if something happened to make the tom aggressive. I've met aggressive people......No one has the right to sabotage another's effort, sadly it's done all the time on our Craig's List. I'm sorry.

 

[TexasLisa]

Went to check on the turkeys that were sitting on a gazillion eggs. I found a 3rd hen had joined the bunch but guess what????? ALL OF THE EGGS ARE GONE !!!!!!!!!

Some varmint (2 legged or 4 legged) went there and got all of the eggs. Not sure if it was a raccoon, opossum, snake or human. I don't think it was a person because no one knew they were there. And my neighbor would not have take any eggs. She is a family friend for 40 years. Oh well. Now I have to go and get them and bring them back home to break them of being broody.

O kuntrygirl I am so sorry! That is just wrong!!! I don't suppose there were any kind of tracks around the nest?

Lisa

 

[kuntrygirl]

Went to check on the turkeys that were sitting on a gazillion eggs. I found a 3rd hen had joined the bunch but guess what????? ALL OF THE EGGS ARE GONE !!!!!!!!!


Some varmint (2 legged or 4 legged) went there and got all of the eggs. Not sure if it was a raccoon, opossum, snake or human. I don't think it was a person because no one knew they were there. And my neighbor would not have take any eggs. She is a family friend for 40 years. Oh well. Now I have to go and get them and bring them back home to break them of being broody.

O kuntrygirl I am so sorry!  That is just wrong!!!  I don't suppose there were any kind of tracks around the nest?

Lisa

Thanks.

As far as the tracks, where the location of the nest is is hard to tell if there are tracks. They are in between tree stumps, branches and twigs, so really can't see any footprints. As long as the girls are ok, then that is fine with me. They can always lay more eggs.

 

[Arielle]

Went to check on the turkeys that were sitting on a gazillion eggs. I found a 3rd hen had joined the bunch but guess what????? ALL OF THE EGGS ARE GONE !!!!!!!!!

Some varmint (2 legged or 4 legged) went there and got all of the eggs. Not sure if it was a raccoon, opossum, snake or human. I don't think it was a person because no one knew they were there. And my neighbor would not have take any eggs. She is a family friend for 40 years. Oh well. Now I have to go and get them and bring them back home to break them of being broody.

What a disappointment-- all those eggs gone!! Most creatures eat tthe eggs right away, they don't haul them away to eat later. Too easy to have the food stolen before getting din-din. Perhaps someone other than that neighbor--

Glad the girls are ok, and you are righ, they will lay more eggs!!

 

[kuntrygirl]

Went to check on the turkeys that were sitting on a gazillion eggs. I found a 3rd hen had joined the bunch but guess what????? ALL OF THE EGGS ARE GONE !!!!!!!!!


Some varmint (2 legged or 4 legged) went there and got all of the eggs. Not sure if it was a raccoon, opossum, snake or human. I don't think it was a person because no one knew they were there. And my neighbor would not have take any eggs. She is a family friend for 40 years. Oh well. Now I have to go and get them and bring them back home to break them of being broody.

What a disappointment-- all those eggs gone!!   Most creatures eat tthe eggs right away, they don't haul them away to eat later. Too easy to have the food stolen before getting din-din. Perhaps someone other than that neighbor--

Glad the girls are ok, and you are righ, they will lay more eggs!!

Thanks. If someone stole the eggs, then they needed the eggs more than I do. I will look at it as "paying it forward". So they got an order of almost $100.00 worth of turkey eggs.

I put some golf balls and wooded eggs in the nest last night. If it's a snake, they will eat the golf balls. I will see what is in the nest when I get home.

 

[r4eboxer]

Went to check on the turkeys that were sitting on a gazillion eggs. I found a 3rd hen had joined the bunch but guess what????? ALL OF THE EGGS ARE GONE !!!!!!!!!

Some varmint (2 legged or 4 legged) went there and got all of the eggs. Not sure if it was a raccoon, opossum, snake or human. I don't think it was a person because no one knew they were there. And my neighbor would not have take any eggs. She is a family friend for 40 years. Oh well. Now I have to go and get them and bring them back home to break them of being broody.

OH no I am so sorry for you and your hens, I hope they do lay more eggs and that varmint gets what is coming to it.

The lady I was talking to wants the poults anyway and I actually sold them to someone else before she committed and she is on my wait list. I don't think she bought what that guy was selling

My bourbon red hen is a doll baby, though I don't have a Tom NONE of my Turkeys are aggressive and like you said they show off all the time for me. I don't know if he mistreats his animals or not, I can't imagine why a turkey would get aggressive.

 

[redneck farmer]

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