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  • From: "Karen L. Black" <karen AT plamondon.com>
  • To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [Homestead] Turkeys (was: B*g Br*ther)
  • Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:50:25 -0800

Bob Ford writes:

> Why don't you raise turkeys? I have heard that domestic turkeys are
stupid; that they sometimes forget to pull their head out of the water while
drinkling , and consequently, drown.

Yarns about the stupidity of turkeys are mostly unfounded, and what little
truth to them lies in the fact that turkey poults are not baby chicks. When
young, they are more prone to hypothermia and need to be taken care of. Once
they are about 8 weeks old, they are quite hardy and capable. But not
predator-proof -- no livestock is.

Karen Black
Blodgett, OR




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