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R2elk, the color of your turkeys is amazing! How many do you have?

 

[R2elk]

R2elk, the color of your turkeys is amazing! How many do you have?

Thank you. Today I have a total of 9. Yesterday morning I had 10. The darker Sweetgrass tom went to his new home yesterday. I have one Lavender (Self Blue) tom that will be leaving before breeding season in the spring. During the summer the total varies from day to day as poults hatch and wait to go to new homes.

I will hopefully have one Sweetgrass tom and one Sweetgrass hen plus one Lavender tom and five Blue Slate hens going into breeding season next spring.

 

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I've never raised turkeys before but sure like the colors of yours. Sometime it would be fun to see a photo of them when they are youngsters

(hint, hint, lol).

 

[R2elk]

I've never raised turkeys before but sure like the colors of yours. Sometime it would be fun to see a photo of them when they are youngsters

(hint, hint, lol).

Baby turkeys are a dangerous thing. They are so lovable that it is too easy to imprint them. Unfortunately all of the problem turkeys that I have had to deal with were ones that had been imprinted. This causes them to not know the difference between turkeys and people and adult toms trying to establish their dominance in the pecking order can do serious harm to people.

Sweetgrass poult with Cream Legbar cockerel.

Sweetgrass poults

Lavender poult.

Cream Legbar cockerel and Bourbon Red poults.

Bourbon Red poult

Bourbon Red poult

Lavender poult ready to attack its feed.

Bourbon Red Poults

 

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R2elk, those little ones are adorable! I'd probably cause myself all sorts of trouble with those cute things.

Before I forget again, here's a photo I shared on another thread yesterday and meant to put here too. Twice now we've had a badger in our backyard digging up the ground squirrel tunnels. Scary looking things (the badgers, not the squirrels)!

 

[R2elk]

R2elk, those little ones are adorable! I'd probably cause myself all sorts of trouble with those cute things.

Before I forget again, here's a photo I shared on another thread yesterday and meant to put here too. Twice now we've had a badger in our backyard digging up the ground squirrel tunnels. Scary looking things (the badgers, not the squirrels)!

It is so easy to fall in love with poults when they are little that it isn't funny.

Years ago I had property with prairie dogs. I also ended up with a trained badger. When I would go prairie dog shooting, the first shot would alert this badger and it would come running, going from prairie dog hole to prairie dog hole looking for the free meals. The whole time this particular badger would hold up his stub of a tail as high as it could. It was an amusing sight. Then there was the fox that would sit waiting to see if the badger would send a prairie dog scurrying in its direction.

The one thing to remember about badgers in Wyoming is that they are listed as a fur bearer and as such require the purchase of a trapping license in order to shoot them. Other than the damage they cause with their hole digging they do good by removing gophers and ground squirrels.

 

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Wow, those are some hunting companion Bob!

I read a bit about the laws regarding badgers earlier today (just out of curiosity) and saw there are laws in place. I'm not going hunting for any of them, I'm just new enough around here, they are a novelty to me.

Seeing all the wildlife around here has been one of the most interesting parts of my summer...living here is awesome, always something new.

 

[R2elk]

Wow, those are some hunting companion Bob!

I read a bit about the laws regarding badgers earlier today (just out of curiosity) and saw there are laws in place. I'm not going hunting for any of them, I'm just new enough around here, they are a novelty to me.

Seeing all the wildlife around here has been one of the most interesting parts of my summer...living here is awesome, always something new.

Good for you. Too many people just automatically assume that if it was okay where they lived before, it is still okay in the new state they moved to.

Enjoy your new surroundings. Seasonal changes bring in birds and wildlife that you may not have noticed before. The eagles are just now starting to show up here. They don't show up like they used to before the Wind Farm was built in one of their favorite hunting spots. That and BP Amoco dried up an artificial lake they also used heavily.

 

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I haven't seen the eagles yet but DH has a few times down around the golf course. The North Platte River runs right next to the course and he has seen them flying over by it.

Looking forward to seeing the various birds. When I lived in FL, I missed some of the wild birds I used to see when growing up in KS...hope to see some of those and new ones too.

 

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Anyone here with some cooking experience? Ran into an issue cooking dried beans and since I've made this recipe before without trouble, figure it must be an altitude-related thing.

I soaked a dried bean mix in water for 12 hours. Then put them in a crockpot with some ham and cooked it on high for 8 hours.

When we had dinner last night, the beans weren't totally hard but they sure weren't soft either. I turned the crockpot down to "keep warm" over night and this morning they are finally fully cooked.

What's the trick to cooking with dried beans? Is a pressure cooker required?

Thanks!