Another “awwwww” checking in. I’m not a big fan of farm animals (and I live in the middle of farms) but those little guys are very cute. The turkeys “conversing” with you cracked me up, though.
It’s funny to watch the little tail stumps waggling. They might not know where the milk is just yet, and they haven’t figured out all their legs, but they know how to wag those little tails. They are just adorable.
The turkeys were so funny! My husband and I were laughing our rears off at the “whistle whistlegobblegobblegobble!” call-and-response. He noted that it sounded like they waited for you to stop whistling before responding to you. He was wondering if they were “for eating” (probably salivating at the thought since some of those looked big!) and I couldn’t think of anything else they’d be for.
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The tan baby’s left ear is always up and the black baby’s ears are the opposite configuration. May I suggest you name them Lefty and Righty?
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Haha! Lefty and Righty! While that is funny and quite appropriate, my Mom came up with Licorice and Taffy. Kind of goes with the Hershey name too. 2008 may be the “candy” year!
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The turkeys were so funny! My husband and I were laughing our rears off at the “whistle whistlegobblegobblegobble!” call-and-response. He noted that it sounded like they waited for you to stop whistling before responding to you. He was wondering if they were “for eating” (probably salivating at the thought since some of those looked big!) and I couldn’t think of anything else they’d be for.
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I do have fun with the turkeys. They tend to follow me everywhere if I let them. As you can tell, they are very talkative, they really like music too! I do raise them for eating. Bronze Breasted turkeys are slow growers, so most of that batch was for Christmas. I have kept 11 females and 2 males over the winter. I hope to get them laying eggs, so we shall see.
I have a question. Since the goats are milk goats, how does that work? Do the kids get weaned early? Or do you just milk the goats right along with the kids nursing?
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Adorable kids! The turkeys are hysterical.
I have a question. Since the goats are milk goats, how does that work? Do the kids get weaned early? Or do you just milk the goats right along with the kids nursing?
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I am just a small time farmerette, I assume the commercial producers do it differently. I will let the babies nurse as long as they like, I will probably start milking the moms in a couple of weeks. I want to make sure the babies are well fed and doing fine.
OMG, they’re so adorable! I love the way Taffy climbs all over Licorice’s butt–they play like dogs! Definitely CuteOverload stuff, you should post the turkey one over there if nothing else…