Re: Pet chicken and...turkeys

What a total hoot!  Question....did she only do this once or was it a
regular item?

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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> From: james singer <jsinger@igc.org>
> 
> When I had the sheep farm, I also raised turkeys for 3 or 4 years. 
> About year 2, I decided to keep a large male and a female--Tom and 
> Theodora. Tom quickly tamed, and for the next three years, I lugged
him 
> to kindergarten classes in the area to let the little kids get to
see 
> and touch him. He weighed at least 40 pounds, and I used to tuck
him 
> under my arm to carry him kinda on my hip. I also let him ride in
the 
> passenger seat of my pickup--which caused a few double takes from
other 
> motorists.
> 
> Tom and Theodora only produced one egg that I ever found, and
neither 
> had any interest in brooding, so I put the egg in an incubator we
used 
> for hen's eggs. We kept the incubator kept in our spare bedroom.
Well, 
> it hatched. And so my [second] wife and I decided to raise it. It
was a 
> hen and we named her "Turkey Girl." After awhile, she had pretty
much 
> free rein in the house and seemed to generally understand that 
> newspapers, not linoleum, were poop places--no one's prefect, but
she 
> was right more often than not.
> 
> Anyway, what I wanted to say about Turkey Girl is that as she
fledged, 
> she also decided she wanted to sleep with us. Now, remember, I said
the 
> floor was linoleum. So Turkey Girl would start at the door and run
full 
> bore toward our bed. Of course, she was getting only minimal
traction, 
> so it took a few seconds for forward movement to kick in.
> 
> And then, suddenly she was moving like the wind, her wings spread,
her 
> juvenile feathers fluttering, and her feet came off the floor, and
she 
> soared head first--into the side of the mattress about 3 inches
below 
> the surface of the bed.
> 
> We picked her up, put her on the bed, and soothed her dignity. But
we 
> also laughed all night.

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