week old an sometime cheap persistantly but not all time.

[MsMoss]

Ok our turkies, they're just a week old probably and they're outside in warm weather for the day, with shade an water an food they love it but they peep incessantly sometimes. Loud shrill persistent non stop . when I go out to check on them the stop and I've sat there for like 25 mins no peeps out of them. , and when I go back in they start up.

are the lonely? are they looking for their momma?

why does the presence of someone stop the cheeping?

if the are lonely would a large toy in their presence make them not lonely?

I have one of them on my chest in the house right now, is it ok to hold one for a long time? say 20 mins? will It stress the turkey? will the turkey like cuddling with me? its not struggling or shaking or nothing. it peeps a bit softly then stop.

i thought it'd be fun to cuddle it but boy it sure makes typing difficult)


Also the one I hold doesn't seem happy unless it's climbing to my shoulder the "highest ground" it can get to.

 

[Dogfish]

They are probably cold.

They stop peeping as a response to a threat. They are somewhat scared of you. Survival instinct.

If you have others in there, they aren't lonely.

Handling will reduce their fear of you.

 

[MsMoss]

And what about the seeming to be trying to get to higher ground, every time I hold it, and its heading for the highest point of my shoulder?


I call it an it because we don't know its gender yet. They were strait run.

 

[Dogfish]

They just do that. Climbing to the top of the pecking order.

 

[MsMoss]

Good to know I am not doing something wrong.