Turkey Handling 101
- Killerbunny
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Re: Turkey Handling 101
#2 was a doll, she would sit on my lap and cuddle, very unusual for a Jennie. The Toms are used to getting pedicures before they go in with the girls I just straddle them backwards and pick up the foot like a horse shoeing.
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Beltsville Small White turkeys.
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- ross
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Re: Turkey Handling 101
Pics KB for pic of the month .
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- Killerbunny
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Re: Turkey Handling 101
The other thing I found from getting them all used to me is they bring the kids over and introduce them and teach them that I'm OK, turkeys are not dumb! Also #2 would let me pick up her and the babies and move them when she wanted to brood them overnight somewhere unsuitable.
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Beltsville Small White turkeys.
Mutt chickens for eggs
RIP Stephen the BSW Tom and my coffee companion.
RIP Lucky the Very Brave Splash Wyandotte rooster.
RIP little Muppet the rescue cat.
Re: Turkey Handling 101
Home due to the weather and catching up on some PTO topics I’ve missed and got a great chuckle out of this. A few here know I’m on the petite side (4’8” and 85lbs). I was only knocked ass over teakettle once when trying to pick up one of the young toms-he got a wing loose and knocked me over and thankfully didn’t break me or my glasses! Have a healthy respect for them now!
Most of mine were well handled and even my big tom Percy had to be picked up and taken to his pen almost daily and rarely fussed about it and the Jennie’s too. But I do agree that they love shiny eyes or glasses!
Most of mine were well handled and even my big tom Percy had to be picked up and taken to his pen almost daily and rarely fussed about it and the Jennie’s too. But I do agree that they love shiny eyes or glasses!
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Former dairy shepherd and owner of a menagerie of chickens and Pencilled Turkeys, now owned by three cats and a border collie x Australian shepherd pup.
Re: Turkey Handling 101
Boy, lots of experience with turkeys out there! And with that thought, I am so glad that it is DH who picks up the turkeys and not me. He picks them up from behind with his larger hands and longer arms than mine.
I'm fine with just having to pick up chickens.
I'm fine with just having to pick up chickens.
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- Killerbunny
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So in a fit of stupidity yesterday I decided to move on of the broody jennies to a better spot. 3 of them in this nest were playing football and eggs were being broken. I succeeded but here is a pic of my chin and throat (not unlike turkey wattles these days)after she gave me a love tap. I did get her moved though and she was really pissed!
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Beltsville Small White turkeys.
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RIP Stephen the BSW Tom and my coffee companion.
RIP Lucky the Very Brave Splash Wyandotte rooster.
RIP little Muppet the rescue cat.
- windwalkingwolf
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Re: Turkey Handling 101
Might need a "turkey handling 102" course :D Or perhaps develop a course for the turkeys themselves!
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- Killerbunny
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I feel she was entitled to be pissed! However she is now happily ensconced in her new broody coop on a clutch of "unbroken" eggs!
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Beltsville Small White turkeys.
Mutt chickens for eggs
RIP Stephen the BSW Tom and my coffee companion.
RIP Lucky the Very Brave Splash Wyandotte rooster.
RIP little Muppet the rescue cat.
- Ontario Chick
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Re: Turkey Handling 101
The scars we carry from the critters we annoy I have a permanent one on my upper lip, the memory of why I needed to look at the rabbit that closely is lost in the history of long time ago, but the scar lingers
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