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wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 15051
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Sat Apr 23, 16 2:21 pm Post subject:
That does it. I can't have anything that doesn't go to bed. It'll be eaten inside of a day, here.

Shan

Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Posts: 9075
Location: South Wales

Posted: Sun Apr 24, 16 7:52 pm Post subject:
Ours seem happy to go under the pole barn... which is of course nowhere near their bed. If it rains they do go to bed, so they are not stupid... just bloody minded.

perlogalism

Joined: 27 Nov 2009
Posts: 440
Location: Near Welshpool

Posted: Mon Apr 25, 16 7:24 pm Post subject:
We dispatched our breeding pair that survived Xmas a couple of weeks ago. They're the first that we've allowed to get to maturity and will also be the last: No-one would come in the gate because the stag would attack them. The dog was terrified to go out and the Hen bullied the chickens mercilessly. They were also a pain to put to bed. The Geese are angels in comparison!

Shan

Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Posts: 9075
Location: South Wales

Posted: Tue Apr 26, 16 7:17 am Post subject:
Ours are angels. Very domesticated.

Fee

Joined: 21 Mar 2005
Posts: 15922
Location: Earth

Posted: Sun Mar 25, 18 5:29 pm Post subject:

perlogalism wrote:

We dispatched our breeding pair that survived Xmas a couple of weeks ago. They're the first that we've allowed to get to maturity and will also be the last: No-one would come in the gate because the stag would attack them. The dog was terrified to go out and the Hen bullied the chickens mercilessly. They were also a pain to put to bed. The Geese are angels in comparison!

What breed were they, perlogalism?

Seems Norfolk Black might be a good idea, think we might need to at least try a few to fatten up for Christmas, if not this year then next.

Fee

Joined: 21 Mar 2005
Posts: 15922
Location: Earth

Posted: Sun Mar 25, 18 5:30 pm Post subject:
I do appreciate this is a thread from 2 years ago 😂

Greentwinsmummy

Joined: 15 Mar 2025
Posts: 7

Posted: Fri Mar 21, 25 8:37 am Post subject:

I have a turkey here, no idea what breed as she was a rescue destined for Xmas lunch but was being bullied and picked on by the rest she was in with. We’ve called her Opaline. She is so full of character but my grief she is THE laziest animal I’ve ever had anything to do with…..
She’s too big in my opinion and we lift her out of the barn into the sunshine but then she just waddles over to the orchard and starts her whipppppwhooooopwhippppp cry. It’s very loud

she stops when I go and talk to her. She sits down and it takes ages to herd her back to the barn again. She’s rather fox bait just sat in the orchard ….

Jam Lady

Joined: 28 Dec 2006
Posts: 2593
Location: New Jersey, USA

Posted: Sun Mar 23, 25 2:39 pm Post subject:
We have turkeys too, but they are native wild ones who make infrequent visits. Recently it was 16 birds. I was pleased to see them as we have not only foxes but also coyotes. And turkeys are - obviously! - ground nesting birds. Most of the time they are strolling around. It is amusing when I see them, very rarely, glide / flying through the woods above the seasonal brook.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 43853
Location: yes

Posted: Sun Mar 23, 25 3:25 pm Post subject:
im not sure a fox or coyote would enjoy trying to catch one of 16 turkeys

Jam Lady

Joined: 28 Dec 2006
Posts: 2593
Location: New Jersey, USA

Posted: Mon Mar 24, 25 12:51 am Post subject:
Females nest individually, not as a group. Coyotes are among the most formidable predators of wild turkeys, targeting everything from eggs in nests to adult birds they can capture.

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 16260

Posted: Mon Mar 24, 25 8:26 am Post subject:
Odd that with native species like coyotes, turkeys nest like that, but I suppose they rely upon things like camouflage the same as the ground nesting birds in the UK do to protect them against foxes. Our ground nesting birds tend to also have young that start to move around almost as soon as they hatch.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 43853
Location: yes

Posted: Mon Mar 24, 25 6:28 pm Post subject:
coyote is bolder than i thought he was

Jam Lady

Joined: 28 Dec 2006
Posts: 2593
Location: New Jersey, USA

Posted: Wed Mar 26, 25 2:49 pm Post subject:
Coyotes are a relatively recent inhabitant of this area. The first known record of coyote occurrence in New Jersey was recorded near Lambertville, Hunterdon County in 1939.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 43853
Location: yes

Posted: Wed Mar 26, 25 3:06 pm Post subject:
hunted out of the state and then reoccupying it? iirc there were quite a few mid size critters in NJ that could feed coyote the muskrat things would make a splendid roadkill dinner for coyote, a bit fragrant for my palette coyote is similar to our foxes in habits although a bit bigger, human "waste"might be a reason for there being more of them

Jam Lady

Joined: 28 Dec 2006
Posts: 2593
Location: New Jersey, USA

Posted: Wed Mar 26, 25 8:55 pm Post subject:
Originally there were wolves, which were extirpated. Coyotes eventually drifted in from the west to occupy the empty niche.

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